Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:31:10 +0100 From: Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dns bind question Message-ID: <11416158544.20020324173110@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020324014754.A14999@d.tracker> References: <20020324014754.A14999@d.tracker>
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Hello David, Sunday, March 24, 2002, 7:47:54 AM, you wrote: DB> I am attempting to host out of my home. I have now a static address DB> and I can access my site via the ip address. My problem comes in DB> when I want to direct my domain name to my ip address. A domain can not be mapped to a ip address. A hostname + domainname points to a ip adress. DB> My particular registrar actually wants a "name server" address DB> to register rather than an IP address. I understand that the name server DB> keeps track of my IP address. I would like to use my one box to be all DB> of; DB> name server: ns1.skytrackercanada.com DB> host for : www.skytrackercanada.com DB> virtual host for: www.someoneelse.com DB> Can I do this? You have let the nameserver of someoneelse.com to translate that ip to your address. Or have www to forward the request to you. DB> I just don't understand why this DB> is a two step process; Why can't my domain name just be mapped DB> _directly_ to my IP address? Why does the name server have to DB> get in between? Your domain skytrackercanada.com can have multiple subdomains and hosts. This would be imposible without a nameserver. -- Best regards, Alex mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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