Hello Adrian,
Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 5:09:54 PM, you wrote:
A> easier said than done. most if not all cable companies and dsl providers do
A> a poor job of assigning host names. for example bell atlantic assigns me
A> with the ip 138.89.13.*, my hostname is adsl-138-89-13-*.bellatlantic.net.
A> now that hostname is way too complicated to give to your friends. it is a
A> whole lot easier to get an additional hostname from one of the free domain
A> name services. i don't think there will be a problem with running bind on
A> your machine, unless your terms of agreement specifically prohibit it.
A> ---- Original Message -----
A> From: "Bill Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A> To: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <recipient list not shown: ;>
A> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 5:11 PM
A> Subject: Re: OT-need DNS hosting
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Steve wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>> > > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Steve wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I have cable access w/ a static IP address and would like to set up
A> a low
>> > > > traffic web site on my linux box. I already registered a domain name
A> but need
>> > > > DNS to point it to my box. Is there a way to do this w/o going
A> through the
>> > > > cable company or do I need to hire an outside service?
>> > >
>> > > You can set up a DNS on your box (check the bind package), and/or use
A> a
>> > > free service such as granitecanyon (http://soa.granitecanyon.com/).
>> >
>> > I am real new to this so forgive my ignorance but if I were to set up
A> DNS
>> > on my server don't I need to point it to my ISP's Servers and don't they
>> > need to give me permission to this?
>> >
>> > A little confused.....
>> >
>>
>> With a static IP address, you can be your 'ISP', at least in the
>> traditional sense. You need to setup bind on your machine to serve your
>> domain and update the nameserver records with network solutions (or
>> whoever you registered with). Check the DNS-HOWTO.
>>
>> Warning: From what I have heard, many companies offering cable modem
>> access specifically state you are not allowed to run server-type services,
>> meaning DNS and web sites among others. You might want to check with the
>> cable company before setting this up. I have heard some people who have
>> setup server services and waited for the cable company to notice; some
>> did, some didn't. YMMV
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Carlson
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>>
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I can do the DNS hosting for you. I charge $50/year for one DNS
record - that's what you have. Contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can also run MX (mail) records via your DNS entry, so if you want
to setup a mail server as well, no problem.
Best regards,
Perry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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