Topic: How Do I Host My Own Domain (Read 25 times)

reidtheweed01 · « **on:** May 30, 2005, 12:50:00 AM »

This has always been bugging me. Why do i have to go through a site and have them host my site. What makes them decide i can or can not have that site. Yes i get it if someone already has it but what about if they dont and i want to do all the work myself and not pay for that. How do i do this like making it so i control everything and when people type in my address it comes to me.

jonathan2007 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2005, 08:35:00 PM »

reidtheweed01 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2005, 07:40:00 PM »

QUOTE(jonathan2007 @ May 30 2005, 10:46 PM)

Wow! That is super confusing. What I think you are asking is about why domain name registering and website hosting can't be separate. Well they can be separate. You can go to google and search for domain name registration and find tons of sites that do just that. I highly recommend Go Daddy. They have very a very good support and very cheap (if not the cheapest) prices. I have a domain name with them and they are great! All domain registrants have a nameserver setting. The nameserver is what tells the webrowser where to go to (ie the ip of the website). You can either use the registrar's nameserver or go with a site like ZoneEdit. Either way you can then point the domain name to a website hosted by sites like yahoo or netfirms or you can point it to your home computer's ip address and host your own server. If you choose the 2nd option you will need a static ip unless you want to get a Dynamic IP client which can automatically update the nameserver with your new ip whenever it changes. I have this setup and it works pretty well. DSL/Cable Webserver is an awesome resource that can give you lots more info on all of this. Well I hope I answered your question. If I didn't then I just wasted 10 minutes of my life writing this. Oh well.

reidtheweed01 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2005, 06:14:00 PM »

QUOTE(gainpresence @ Jun 1 2005, 12:03 AM)

For the same reason you can't make your own license plate, or phone number, or SSN, etc...

--DANNY-- · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2005, 06:47:00 PM »

If you already have the webspace for your site, then goto
***.tk
but replace the *** with your desired domain name. It's free and only has one popup. Gotta love .tk domain's.

futbol4kee · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2005, 07:19:00 PM »

they register it with http://www.arin.net/ i think.

jonathan2007 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2005, 11:30:00 AM »

.Tk's suck. They have way too much downtime (or at least they used to when I used them a year or so ago) and they arn't very well known (which is one of the reasons they are free). But really just get a .com. Don't get anything else. If someone can't remember the ending to the site they try .com first because it it the most popular. And if you register the name for multiple years you usually get a discount. And if you actually pay for the name and don't cheap (like .tk and others) then you will not get popups or at least not caused by your domain name (perhaps still by the site hosting your site, ie if it is a free one like netfirms).

reidtheweed01 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2005, 01:11:00 AM »

i just sucked it up and bought 1, it was only like $8. The 1 i wanted was already taken well the .com. I was for sure no one else would ever even want it so i just got .net instead.

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