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Idgeitman

Hey all,

I wasnt to sure where to put this, so i decided may aswell start here. I recently set a small server up at home and I also have a domain name. Im basicly lost on what exactly im ment to be doing when it comes to setting up the DNS. Anyone know any good tutorials or anything about setting up DNS?

Thanks

- Idgeitman

weeder

what OS is it

Idgeitman

Windows 2000

Snowbat

You want to host your domain at home?

If so, before you begin, you'll need:
a) to check your ISP's acceptable use policy to see if running servers is prohibited
b) a static IP address from your ISP (some ISPs change an extra fee, not available on others)

Webmonkey

You would be better off not hosting the DNS on your server but instead use your registrars. You can still host and all on your own machine, just edit the DNS records to point to your Static IP

Idgeitman

at the moment i got the domain registered with godaddy, is it the nameservers i should change then to point to my IP?

Webmonkey

Why don't you use the godaddy's DNS servers which you should be able to use free of charge after buying the domain from them.
In the admin there should be a Web Forward or Domain Forward option where you can specify the IP address of your own machine.
Bare in mind that your machine will need a static IP address.
You will need to be running a webserver, such as apache. Prob the best allowing entry to port 80. Make sure your firewalls are configured correctly.

edit: actually you may prefer to change the A records"and MX records to point to your IP. You can also run your own email server then. I would go with this method, the web forward wouldn't the the most ideal

Idgeitman

thanks for that!


- idgeitman

philologos

hmm Linux would be ideal for DNS if you had a static IP