Hello all, What I am trying to do and my setup is as follows. Comp1: Suse Linux 9.0 and Apache 2, samba etc Mainly setup to be a server for http and storage space Comp2: Windows XP General use and gaming Both computers are connected to a router and then into my broadband ISP which has a static IP address. The router is currently setup to portforward ssh and http requests to Comp1. I just registered a domain name with my ISP. Don't want to give the exact one out so we will use mynewserver.com. Using dig and whois I can see that the domain is listed as being owned by my ISP and their nameservers are shown for it as well. I want to be able to use the domain name to allow friends and family to connect to my web server. Meaning they only have to type in www.mynewserver.com http://www.mynewserver.com/ and voila welcome to my website. I can currently access the website with no problems at all by using the numeric IP address. My question to the list, since my ISP "doesn't offer support for linux servers" and try to hang up extremely fast right after they ask which OS I am using, is do I need to do anything in the way of running a nameserver on my Comp1 to update my ISP's nameserver so that they will point to me or should this be something that my ISP is supposed to do? If I am supposed to be running the nameserver on my end, can someone please point me to a guide or something that is fairly simple and straightforward on setting one up? Many many thanks in advance, IK Harrell
On Saturday 24 April 2004 06.43, Ian Harrell wrote:
My question to the list, since my ISP "doesn't offer support for linux servers" and try to hang up extremely fast right after they ask which OS I am using, is do I need to do anything in the way of running a nameserver on my Comp1 to update my ISP's nameserver so that they will point to me or should this be something that my ISP is supposed to do?
If you registered it with your ISP, then they need to provide you with a way to point the domain to your machine. Didn't they provide you with any documentation at all for the service? Some web page where you can administer your domain?
If I am supposed to be running the nameserver on my end, can someone please point me to a guide or something that is fairly simple and straightforward on setting one up?
If you have a fixed IP address then you can run your own dns server, but you really only need it if you want to run subdomains (http://foo.mynewserver.com http://bar.mynewserver.com). I'm guessing you can do everything you need through your ISP.
Hello again,
From everything I have read and seen in the replies I am getting the impression that my ISP should have taken care of this and I should not really need to run a DNS server. That's the good news I think.
Bad news, I guess I am going to have to just drive over there and demand that they do their job and educate me on how to update their DNS since they didn't provide me with a way to do it when I was registering the domain with them the first time (They did try to sell me a bunch of software including M$ Frontpage, like I really need that.) Oh well wish me luck and many, many thanks for all the replies I received. Thanks you all, IK Harrell -----Original Message----- From: Anders Johansson [mailto:andjoh@rydsbo.net] Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 1:23 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] help a newbie with some DNS stuff? On Saturday 24 April 2004 06.43, Ian Harrell wrote:
My question to the list, since my ISP "doesn't offer support for linux servers" and try to hang up extremely fast right after they ask which OS I am using, is do I need to do anything in the way of running a nameserver on my Comp1 to update my ISP's nameserver so that they will point to me or should this be something that my ISP is supposed to do?
If you registered it with your ISP, then they need to provide you with a way to point the domain to your machine. Didn't they provide you with any documentation at all for the service? Some web page where you can administer your domain?
If I am supposed to be running the nameserver on my end, can someone please point me to a guide or something that is fairly simple and straightforward on setting one up?
If you have a fixed IP address then you can run your own dns server, but you really only need it if you want to run subdomains (http://foo.mynewserver.com http://bar.mynewserver.com). I'm guessing you can do everything you need through your ISP. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Ian, all you have to do is to tell to your ISP to add a A record to their DNS dbase for your domain. Eg 127.0.0.1 points to mynewserver.com. You don't need to run your DNS server to have this!!! Ian Harrell wrote:
Hello all,
What I am trying to do and my setup is as follows.
Comp1: Suse Linux 9.0 and Apache 2, samba etc Mainly setup to be a server for http and storage space
Comp2: Windows XP General use and gaming
Both computers are connected to a router and then into my broadband ISP which has a static IP address. The router is currently setup to portforward ssh and http requests to Comp1.
I just registered a domain name with my ISP. Don't want to give the exact one out so we will use mynewserver.com.
Using dig and whois I can see that the domain is listed as being owned by my ISP and their nameservers are shown for it as well.
I want to be able to use the domain name to allow friends and family to connect to my web server. Meaning they only have to type in www.mynewserver.com http://www.mynewserver.com/ and voila welcome to my website.
I can currently access the website with no problems at all by using the numeric IP address.
My question to the list, since my ISP "doesn't offer support for linux servers" and try to hang up extremely fast right after they ask which OS I am using, is do I need to do anything in the way of running a nameserver on my Comp1 to update my ISP's nameserver so that they will point to me or should this be something that my ISP is supposed to do?
If I am supposed to be running the nameserver on my end, can someone please point me to a guide or something that is fairly simple and straightforward on setting one up?
Many many thanks in advance, IK Harrell
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 08:35, Jo wrote:
Ian, all you have to do is to tell to your ISP to add a A record to their DNS dbase for your domain. Eg 127.0.0.1 points to mynewserver.com. You don't need to run your DNS server to have this!!!
In fact your DNS server has no bearing on it since it is not the SOA for your domain. The SOA nameserver is the one with the info about your domain that matters. -- Brad Shelton On Line Exchange http://www.ole.net Phone: 313-526-1111 Fax: 313-526-3333
Correct. In fact, I don't use my ISP for such things since they stopped
providing DNS services like this. I use mydomain.com. I can simply register a
domain, use mydomain's DNS servers on my registration. Then I create my own
DNS entries through their web frontend. I can create MX, A, CNAME's, and
subdomains and point them to my IP.
Barring that, call your ISP. Tell them you want you IP given the A record for
your domain. It's a simple task for them.
JAV>>
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From: Jo
Ian, all you have to do is to tell to your ISP to add a A record to their DNS dbase for your domain. Eg 127.0.0.1 points to mynewserver.com. You don't need to run your DNS server to have this!!!
Ian Harrell wrote:
Hello all,
What I am trying to do and my setup is as follows.
Comp1: Suse Linux 9.0 and Apache 2, samba etc Mainly setup to be a server for http and storage space
Comp2: Windows XP General use and gaming
Both computers are connected to a router and then into my broadband ISP which has a static IP address. The router is currently setup to portforward ssh and http requests to Comp1.
I just registered a domain name with my ISP. Don't want to give the exact one out so we will use mynewserver.com.
Using dig and whois I can see that the domain is listed as being owned by my ISP and their nameservers are shown for it as well.
I want to be able to use the domain name to allow friends and family to connect to my web server. Meaning they only have to type in www.mynewserver.com http://www.mynewserver.com/ and voila welcome to my website.
I can currently access the website with no problems at all by using the numeric IP address.
My question to the list, since my ISP "doesn't offer support for linux servers" and try to hang up extremely fast right after they ask which OS I am using, is do I need to do anything in the way of running a nameserver on my Comp1 to update my ISP's nameserver so that they will point to me or should this be something that my ISP is supposed to do?
If I am supposed to be running the nameserver on my end, can someone please point me to a guide or something that is fairly simple and straightforward on setting one up?
Many many thanks in advance, IK Harrell
-- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com ------- End of Original Message -------
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