Who's my DNS?
Max
I have a static IP through DirecTV DSL. They say they only allow one
domain to be mapped to my IP. So if I use them for my name server, I
believe I'm limited to just one. But I don't know why/how they can do
this, and I want to get around that.
I have 4 different domain names, which I'd like to serve through my
home-based Linux/Apache/DSL setup. My domain names were registered
through companies like Catalog.com and Stargate.com.
Questions:
1. Do I have to use my DSL provider as my name server?
2. Can I use my name registrars as DNS if they offer it? If so, how
do let them know what my static-IP is?
3. Is there another place I should look for DNS so I can have 4
domain names all connect to my 1 static-IP?
3. Stargate offers domain name forwarding, which I've tried, and I
setup a virtual host on my Apache. However, while it does find the
right root directory, the URL listed in the browser is still the IP
address, not the ServerName (www.foo.com). Should I bother with
domain forwarding and if so, how do I get it to display the server
name?
Thanks in advance,
Max
Barry Margolin
>
>I have a static IP through DirecTV DSL. They say they only allow one
>domain to be mapped to my IP. So if I use them for my name server, I
>believe I'm limited to just one. But I don't know why/how they can do
>this, and I want to get around that.
>
>I have 4 different domain names, which I'd like to serve through my
>home-based Linux/Apache/DSL setup. My domain names were registered
>through companies like Catalog.com and Stargate.com.
>
>Questions:
>1. Do I have to use my DSL provider as my name server?
No.
>2. Can I use my name registrars as DNS if they offer it? If so, how
>do let them know what my static-IP is?
If they offer it, yes. How you let them know depends on the registrar; I
would expect most to have a web form.
However, I think most registrars that offer DNS service just offer domain
"parking", which points your domain to a generic "In construction" page.
When you want it to point to your own server, you may need to get DNS
service from another provider; you tell the registrar to change your
domain's nameservers to that provider's servers, and you tell the provider
your static IP.
>3. Is there another place I should look for DNS so I can have 4
>domain names all connect to my 1 static-IP?
There are quite a few. Last week one of them was spamming this group quite
a bit.
>3. Stargate offers domain name forwarding, which I've tried, and I
>setup a virtual host on my Apache. However, while it does find the
>right root directory, the URL listed in the browser is still the IP
>address, not the ServerName (www.foo.com). Should I bother with
>domain forwarding and if so, how do I get it to display the server
>name?
There are different forwarding mechanisms that display differently. Some
providers will do the forwarding that changes the URL for free, but charge
money for the forwarding that keeps your preferred domain name in the URL.
--
Barry Margolin, bar...@genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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terry white
.... with apology for the ot reply.
i deny 'hotmail' to limit spam.
on "4-2-2002" "Max" writ:
: I have a static IP through DirecTV DSL
: I have 4 domain names I'd like to serve
while i have a communications background, i am not a direct-tv
customer. however. i find it difficult to believe you'll be able to
run four domains with direct-tv. from my understanding of it, tv is
delivered via satellite downlink, and control data passed via telco
landline. if you do not have uplink available, dns is the least of your
problems ...
--
.... i'm a man, but i can change,
if i have to , i guess ...
Barry Margolin
terry white <twh...@aniota.com> wrote:
>
>.... with apology for the ot reply.
> i deny 'hotmail' to limit spam.
>
>on "4-2-2002" "Max" writ:
>
>: I have a static IP through DirecTV DSL
>: I have 4 domain names I'd like to serve
>
> while i have a communications background, i am not a direct-tv
>customer. however. i find it difficult to believe you'll be able to
>run four domains with direct-tv. from my understanding of it, tv is
>delivered via satellite downlink, and control data passed via telco
>landline. if you do not have uplink available, dns is the least of your
>problems ...
If he didn't have an iplink he wouldn't be able to access the Internet at
all.
Did you see "DSL" in his message? This is presumably an asymmetric service
that uses the satellite for downstream and a telco DSL connection for
upstream.
Kevin Darcy
Max wrote:
> I have a static IP through DirecTV DSL. They say they only allow one
> domain to be mapped to my IP. So if I use them for my name server, I
> believe I'm limited to just one. But I don't know why/how they can do
> this, and I want to get around that.
>
> I have 4 different domain names, which I'd like to serve through my
> home-based Linux/Apache/DSL setup. My domain names were registered
> through companies like Catalog.com and Stargate.com.
>
> Questions:
> 1. Do I have to use my DSL provider as my name server?
You mean, to *serve* your DNS domains? Nope, you don't. How does your
DSL provider even know what domains you own? They don't.
Or, did you mean, do you have to use your DSL provider's nameserver(s) to
resolve Internet names? Probably not, but they might possibly put
restrictions on your query traffic, depending on how fascist they are.
>
> 2. Can I use my name registrars as DNS if they offer it? If so, how
> do let them know what my static-IP is?
That would differ from registrar to registrar, but generally there's a
form (usually web-based) of some sort where you put your nameservers'
names and addresses. By the way, you need at least 2 nameservers for a
domain. So, in addition to your master server, you'd need, at a minimum,
somebody to be a slave for your domains. There are free slave services
out there. Check the list archives for recommendations.
> 3. Is there another place I should look for DNS so I can have 4
> domain names all connect to my 1 static-IP?
Depends on how comfortable you are running your own nameserver versus how
comfortable you are putting that responsibility into someone else's
hands. Personally, I prefer to host our (i.e. DaimlerChrysler's) own
domains. But then, that's what I get paid to do, among other things :-)
I've had nothing but trouble with domain hosting that we've outsourced to
other outfits.
> 3. Stargate offers domain name forwarding, which I've tried, and I
> setup a virtual host on my Apache. However, while it does find the
> right root directory, the URL listed in the browser is still the IP
> address, not the ServerName (www.foo.com). Should I bother with
> domain forwarding and if so, how do I get it to display the server
> name?
Sorry, I've never used "domain forwarding", and I'm not even sure what
that it is. Some sort of web redirect, perhaps?
- Kevin
Mark Damrose
news:a8fhd2$q...@pub3.rc.vix.com...
> In article <a8fb8k$p...@pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> terry white <twh...@aniota.com> wrote:
>
> Did you see "DSL" in his message? This is presumably an asymmetric
service
> that uses the satellite for downstream and a telco DSL connection for
> upstream.
>
satelite. Apparently DirecTV didn't want to rename when they branched out.