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justcause
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 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: How to create my own domain name server??? |
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I just purchased my own personal domain and it came with web hosting etc. What I am doing is running an index.html file thats located on my "Web Hosting" on the internet that basically directs my www. site to my abyss web server located on my computer.
What Im looking to do is some how make it so my domain shows up all the time. beacuse now everytime you view my site it just shows my ip address in my url instead of the domain that I purchased. Is there a way to set it up so I can make the domain part of my own server?
Right now Im running windows xp pro, but I have the option to be running windows server 2003 (enterprise, standard, or web edition) if I need to.
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Anonymoose
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| You do not want to be trying to host your own DNS. What you want to do is point the domain name you have purchased directly at your PC rather than having the startpage elsewhere. Have a look at www.ZoneEdit.com |
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justcause
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| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymoose wrote: | | You do not want to be trying to host your own DNS. What you want to do is point the domain name you have purchased directly at your PC rather than having the startpage elsewhere. Have a look at www.ZoneEdit.com |
Excellent, thanks for the help! |
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alacritous
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| Can you do this without paying for a domain? |
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Anonymoose
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justcause
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| How would one go about hosting their own NAMESERVER? That way one could be in FULL control of their domain name?? How does that work? |
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iNaNimAtE
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You don't.
Well, you can, but it isn't the easiest task in the world. You need to download and install BIND, and then take a couple days trying to configure it and racking your brain. If you said you have Windows 2003, then you can also use their DNS server, although it is still a little tough to get working (however not as hard as BIND). I wouldn't host your own DNS unless you have servers and backup servers that have redundant UPSs. There really is no reason to, unless you are going to host many DNS entries.
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justcause
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| iNaNimAtE wrote: | You don't.
Well, you can, but it isn't the easiest task in the world. You need to download and install BIND, and then take a couple days trying to configure it and racking your brain. If you said you have Windows 2003, then you can also use their DNS server, although it is still a little tough to get working (however not as hard as BIND). I wouldn't host your own DNS unless you have servers and backup servers that have redundant UPSs. There really is no reason to, unless you are going to host many DNS entries. |
Which version of 2003 has the DNS stuff on it? I have a corporate disk that has "web edition, standard, and enterprise edition" all on the one disk. Does all the editions have DNS on it?
In other words what you are saying is that it is possible to do it's just a pain in the ass :) |
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iNaNimAtE
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| justcause wrote: | | In other words what you are saying is that it is possible to do it's just a pain in the ass :) |
Essentially.
I know that enterprise edition has the DNS Server on it. Standard edition probably does also. I don't know about web edition.
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justcause
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| iNaNimAtE wrote: | | justcause wrote: | | In other words what you are saying is that it is possible to do it's just a pain in the ass :) |
Essentially.
I know that enterprise edition has the DNS Server on it. Standard edition probably does also. I don't know about web edition. |
Where at in enterprise edition is it located at because I already have web edition installed so I wanna check and see if it's in there as well. Is it under administrative tools? or services?? |
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When you start the computer up, the window comes up that allows you to "Add roles to your server." When you click "Add a role," you can choose DNS Server. That's all I remember.
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HOW TO: Install and Configure DNS Server in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;814591
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The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
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Once more, this really is not a suitable solution if your site is not going to be available 24/7. Any disruption to your service and your domain name will effectively disappear off the internet until you get back online. |
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justcause
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymoose wrote: | HOW TO: Install and Configure DNS Server in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;814591
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The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
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Once more, this really is not a suitable solution if your site is not going to be available 24/7. Any disruption to your service and your domain name will effectively disappear off the internet until you get back online. |
Great thanks I will look into that. I have another computer sitting here that I think Im going to install and configure xp 2003 and just leave it running 24/7 as my server and I will decide if I want to keep up on maintaining it from there.
Im gonna give it a try, If I have anymore questions hopefully you guys will be around :)
Thanks alot! |
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