Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:52:17 -0800 From: Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net> To: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> Cc: 'freebsd' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: question/register Message-ID: <38B61891.CDDC136F@home.net> References: <000001bf7f2a$2fc8b560$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> <00022420101000.00456@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain>
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There are other options, some already noted in other messages. DNS resolves a name to an IP number; you do not need a domain name to run a Web server as long as you don't require a "dot-com" (or org or whatever) word/name and will settle for the IP number. Yet another alternative arrives if you are good friends with someone who does own a domain name and is willing to have you added to their DNS record as a node. (Example -- if you know who maintains 'www.greatsite.com' you could be found as 'walter.greatsite.com'...) Finally, I don't know of any cablemodem provider which will permit a commercial Web site on a "consumer" connection. Most will, however, provide a "business connection" -- for more money of course -- on which you can run your own servers, eg. cox@work. craig Walter Brameld wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, John Purser wrote: > > I heard you say that you were using a cable modem as your internet > > connection. Up in Vancouver WA @home won't provide DNS for your domain. No, > > I don't know why. You might want to be sure your ISP provides the service > > (I thought they all did until I ran into @home) before you start counting on > > it. > > > > John Purser > > > Thanks for the info. I haven't gotten it yet, so don't know what the > final outcome will be. If that turns out to be the case, is there no > other recourse? > > -- Walter Brameld > -- ... mind like a steel trap: things wander in and get mangled ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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