To register a domain, I recomend stargate.com I have rtegistered several
through them for only $8.85 a year.
On Monday 31 December 2001 03:39 am, you wrote:
> Well, I could probably outline my thoughts on it, and others here could add
> to it.
>
> Assuming you will be getting your own domain name to, here are the things
> you will need.
>
> 1. An IP address that does not change. (therefore dialups are not good)
> I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on the many ways to
> accomplish this.
> 2. A registered Domain name (of course, if you are going to do that)
> 3. When you register your domain name, you generally need to provide two
> DNS servers once you point to a hosting provider. So, if you are going to
> host your own, you either need to have a friend with two DNS servers, or
> you need to set up two IP addresses for your DNS server.
> 4. You will need to have a web server, like apache, but you probably knew
> this part.
>
> I have a friend that hosts web sites from his house and he has a mini
> network in his garage or basement. If no one else knows how you go about
> getting a DNS server listed with the Internic, I can ask him.
>
> OR
>
> If you just want to put up a web page and access it temporarily from the
> network, just provide someone your IP address of your web server. As long
> as you are not behind a firewall, they can see it.... But then again, this
> is why we have DNS so that we don't have to remember things like
> 207.68.172.246 (that IP won't go over well here) or 198.182.196.56 (one
> that everyone here should know - right?)
>
> Anyway, the bottom line to serving a web page is accessibility from the
> browser, which hinges on DNS for most of us. DNS hinges on the
> internic/registration process for domain names, which rely on a static IP
> address for dns servers.
>
> Clinton Fisher
> Systems Consultant III
> Z-Tel Communications, Inc
> http://www.myzline.com
>
> "Why have a phone line when you can have a Z-line"
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert jorgenson [mailto:snoogans@qwest.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:58 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: web page hosting
>
>
> i was wondering if anyone knew of a good HOWTO that went through
> step-by-step on what i need to do to host a webpage from my house?
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