Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:25:25 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dns bind question Message-ID: <20020324162525.B281@fishballoon.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020324001753.A14567@sympatico.ca>; from david@skytrackercanada.com on Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 12:17:53AM -0500 References: <20020324001753.A14567@sympatico.ca>
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 12:17:53AM -0500, David Banning wrote: > > 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? That mapping from your domain --> your IP address needs to be stored *somewhere*. That's what the nameservers are for... Your machine can certainly be one of the nameservers for your domain, if that's what you want. Just run BIND (or djbdns, or your favourite DNS server) on it and give the IP to your registrar. However, you're supposed to have two nameservers for a domain, on separate networks (so that whatever breaks, at least one of them should be reachable). Probably your registrar or ISP will this, for a fee, or check out dyndns.org, who do primary and/or secondary name service for a one-off $30 donation. HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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