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| shenyingwu 2002-08-26, 1:28 pm |
| I'm a little confused about how web hosting and domain names work. well i guess what i'm wondering is if it is possible to create your own web server/host with your computer and a domain name also. How do webpage hosts like tripod or geocites do it? I mean when you type in the url, its just connecting you to an html file on a computer right? Then how do you make this possible for just anycomputer. And how would you let say a index.html file respond to http://www.youraddress.com | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2002-08-26, 1:34 pm |
| You need to put your computer on the net 24/7, so that people will be able to connect to it at anytime. And yes, you manage your own domain, and once your site is up, you can be located by your FQDN that will be listed in the DNS databases. To allow web page accesses however, you have to be running services on your computer that will listen for any requests for web pages and then hop into action by serving the web pages over the network as they are requested. You do this by running a software package called a "web server". Apache is the most widely used. Apache will listen on the ports that you specify (the default is port 80 for web pages). As someone types in your domain name, then your machine at that time gets a request from the client machine. Your web server looks for the page requested and sends it to the client. | |
| xonkers 2002-08-26, 3:04 pm |
| Awesome Linux guy.
I tried the same thing once (although was just amazed and confused by the steps it would take to install and configure Apache with Win98 lol)
Anyway - the problem I ran into and maybe this fella too.. Static IP's
Even on DSL or CAble my IP is technically not static as it can change anytime or every 15 days. Im sure there must be some way to resolve that so that you arent always wondering when the site disapears from the net?
The cable company can assign a IP but they also wanted lots more money - $40 a month!
Is there a way to resolve this on a home comp without the cost of an permanent IP? | |
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| shenyingwu 2002-08-27, 10:32 am |
| so technically, you can create your own domain name without having to register it with anyone??? How are domain names created??? Do you just assign your computer to respond to the domain name you wish? Or is there some vastly large master computer in charge of recognizing all the domain names and such. | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2002-08-27, 10:38 am |
| To create a domain, you fill out a form with a company that does domain name registration like register.com or verio.com. This is mainly to aovid having to manage a nameserver for your own domain and making your hostnames known to other nameservers across the net yourself. Also, it stops you from creating a domain name that someone has already registered. They create an entry in their name server, and submit the form data into the whois database. Twice a day, the COM, ORG, NET, etc. name servers all over the world get updates with the newest IP address information. At that point, a domain exists. As the newest updates are circulated via DNS, people can now begin to find your site. Any machines that fall within your domain, you manage, others are managed by their respective owners. |
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