Changing the Host address???

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Hi,
I am sorry if I am posting this on a wrong forum. Here is the question I
have.

I bought a domain name(say xyz.com) from godaddy com and by default they
will let us park the domain meaning the host address points to their
server(I mean godaddy).

Now when I do a "whois", it specifies the following information.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS53.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS54.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Currently what I am doing is I create some test files and upload those on
the godaddy hosting control center(I dont know what is the server name).
so that when I say,
www.xyz.com/test.html,
the test.html is sourced from that hosting server.

Now can I use my own home PC and make sure that I dont use the godaddy.com
at all? Is that possible.??

What I mean is that I want to run the web server and make my home PC as the
host so that all the pages I can
upload onto my pc rather than godaddy hosting control server,so that I can
say
www.xyz.com/test.html,

where test.html is a file lying on my PC.

Now to do the above, what are the sequence of things that I need to do. Can
someone please explain me.
Where and how can I change that setting.

Thanks.
 
test said:
Hi,
I am sorry if I am posting this on a wrong forum. Here is the question I
have.

I bought a domain name(say xyz.com) from godaddy com and by default they
will let us park the domain meaning the host address points to their
server(I mean godaddy).

Now when I do a "whois", it specifies the following information.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS53.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS54.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Currently what I am doing is I create some test files and upload those on
the godaddy hosting control center(I dont know what is the server name).
so that when I say,
www.xyz.com/test.html,
the test.html is sourced from that hosting server.

Now can I use my own home PC and make sure that I dont use the godaddy.com
at all? Is that possible.??

What I mean is that I want to run the web server and make my home PC as the
host so that all the pages I can
upload onto my pc rather than godaddy hosting control server,so that I can
say
www.xyz.com/test.html,

where test.html is a file lying on my PC.

Now to do the above, what are the sequence of things that I need to do. Can
someone please explain me.
Where and how can I change that setting.
Click to expand...

Without meaning to hurt your feelings in any way, based on the two posts
you made about this subject you would be extremely foolish to try and
run a web server yourself. You simply don't know enough to keep it safe.
Unless you are very skilled in running web servers (and you aren't), it
is far better to let a hosting company do it for you. Also, running a
web server on a home connection is against most ISPs' terms of use so
you would need to check with yours.


Malke
 
Malke said:
Without meaning to hurt your feelings in any way, based on the two
posts you made about this subject you would be extremely foolish to
try and run a web server yourself. You simply don't know enough to
keep it safe. Unless you are very skilled in running web servers (and
you aren't), it is far better to let a hosting company do it for you.
Also, running a web server on a home connection is against most ISPs'
terms of use so you would need to check with yours.
Click to expand...

Not only, but he'll have to jump through hoops if he has a dynamic IP
address. And I notice he left out about one-third of the United Nations in
his "Newsgroups:" list.
 
test said:
Hi,
I am sorry if I am posting this on a wrong forum. Here is the question I
have.

I bought a domain name(say xyz.com) from godaddy com and by default they
will let us park the domain meaning the host address points to their
server(I mean godaddy).

Now when I do a "whois", it specifies the following information.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS53.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS54.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Currently what I am doing is I create some test files and upload those on
the godaddy hosting control center(I dont know what is the server name).
so that when I say,
www.xyz.com/test.html,
the test.html is sourced from that hosting server.

Now can I use my own home PC and make sure that I dont use the godaddy.com
at all? Is that possible.??

What I mean is that I want to run the web server and make my home PC as
the host so that all the pages I can
upload onto my pc rather than godaddy hosting control server,so that I can
say
www.xyz.com/test.html,

where test.html is a file lying on my PC.

Now to do the above, what are the sequence of things that I need to do.
Can someone please explain me.
Where and how can I change that setting.

Thanks.
Click to expand...

One of the first things to check is whether your ISP will allow you to run a
web server on their network. Some won't.

Next, keep in mind that one or the reasons people use web hosting services
is that performance is usually dramatically better, because residential
internet services are heavily biased towards downloads. This means that
your web server will respond slowly to requests, and transfers from it will
be much slower than from your hosting service. Check the upload vs.
download speed for your connection and you'll see what I mean - they are
usually very different.

Finally, if you haven't purchased a fixed IP address from your ISP, you
can't really register your PC's current IP address with a DNS server. You
would have to use something like a dynamic DNS service and client, which
will take into account that your PC's address will change. As to the
process, have you considered asking godaddy's support or FAQs?

HTH
-pk
 
Malke,
Some of the things, we learn from the basics, by sharing from others. Not
everyone knowseverythings right away. Its just foolish on your part that
you dont know such a small thing not me.
If you cant send a congenial message(if you can share something ,share it
properly ,otherwise not),then the world would be better if you can keep your
#$% off these news groups.
Thanks.
 
Malke,
Some of the things, we learn from the basics, by sharing from others. Not
everyone knowseverythings right away. Its just foolish on your part that
you dont know such a small thing, not me(I wasn't foolish, it was you who
are foolish).
If you cant send a congenial message(if you can share something ,share it
properly ,otherwise not),then the world would be better if you can keep your
#$% off these news groups.
Thanks.
 
test said:
Malke,
Some of the things, we learn from the basics, by sharing from others. Not
everyone knowseverythings right away. Its just foolish on your part that
you dont know such a small thing, not me(I wasn't foolish, it was you who
are foolish).
If you cant send a congenial message(if you can share something ,share it
properly ,otherwise not),then the world would be better if you can keep your
#$% off these news groups.
Click to expand...

I'm very sorry that you took my words wrong. I did say I didn't mean to
hurt your feelings and I apologize if they were hurt. It doesn't change
my advice to you - if you set up a web server without knowing how to
properly secure it, it will be hacked in minutes. Yes, we all do learn
from the basics but setting up a web server is not basic.

Once again, I did not mean to hurt your feelings. There was no call for
you to then turn around and be nasty yourself.

Go to a local bookstore and take a look at one of the books about
setting up and managing a web server and you will see that none of them
are aimed at novices. There is a reason for this.

Good luck in your endeavors.


Malke
 
No one can prevent you from cross-posting to newsgroups for which your
question is off-topic but people that might help you can choose to not help.

You might get more help if you post your questions to just one newsgroup or
at least limit the newsgroups to those that your question is reasonably
on-topic for.
 
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