From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 24 7:13: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from www.clubplus.net (ns1.clubplus.net [216.191.22.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24ACD37B41B for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 07:12:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from d.tracker (cust29.209.188.66.dsl.accessv.com [209.188.66.29] (may be forged)) by www.clubplus.net (8.11.4/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g2OFCh324448 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:12:43 -0500 Received: (from david@localhost) by d.tracker (8.11.6/8.11.3) id g2O5Hsl14603 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:17:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:17:53 -0500 From: David Banning To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: dns bind question Message-ID: <20020324001753.A14567@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am attempting to host out of my home. I have now a static address and I can access my site via the ip address. My problem comes in when I want to direct my domain name to my ip address. My particular registrar actually wants a "name server" address to register rather than an IP address. I understand that the name server keeps track of my IP address. I would like to use my one box to be all of; name server: ns1.skytrackercanada.com host for : www.skytrackercanada.com virtual host for: www.someoneelse.com I just don't understand why this is a two step process; Why can't my domain name just be mapped _directly_ to my IP address? Why does the name server have to get in between? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message