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[banger007]

This might seem like a Dumb question but i dont think so at this very point in time.

If I get and uncapped unshaped IS line through a service provider, who give me 5 static IP addresses. What would be the procedure to register a domain on one of these Ip addresses. Taking into account that there Is a SBS2003 server as the server behind the IP.

I would also like to know what DNS records need to be setup on our side
so .co.za Can see our server.

Kind Regards
Banger007

 

[ZX69]

Do you mean setting up your own DNS server to host the your own co.za dns names?
Or do you mean publish a website that will be hosted at your site on one of the 5 ip adresses?

 

[ZX69]

To register and setup your own dns server to host your registered dns names.
1. Co.za requires two dns servers to register a co.za domain.
2. Best Practice is to have one off site - best is to have your isp host the secondary.
3. You will need your ISP to setup a reverse dns entry to your dns server, co.za checks this when registering a domain.

 

[tardomatic]

Hope this helps

You have your static IP and you want a domain name that will point people to the IP address?

Here's what you do. The first thing you have to do is find someone to host your DNS (or, you could host your own, but I think thats a bit excessive). Go to www.everydns.net and sign up for a free account. Create a domain record.

Then, register your domain using ns1.everydns.net, ns2.everydns.net, ns3.everydns.net and ns4.everydns.net as your domain servers. You might get a reply saying that not all of them contain your record yet. Give it a few hours, and everything should be fine.

If you want to know how to register your domain, you can get someone to register it for you and pay upwards of R300 or do it yourself by going to www.co.za, filling in the form and emailing it.

Once the domain has been registered, log on to everydns.net again, and you should have 2 records for your domain. One is an A record, and another is a CNAME. the A record points to an IP address, the CNAME is an alias. So, delete the A Record, and add another A record, with your domain name, and one of your IP addresses. Then, delete the CNAME and create one for every sub-domain you want (www. , ftp., etc.)

After a few hours, if you ping your domain name, it should then resolve to your IP address. Then ext part is telling your firewall / router to accept traffic on an interface configured with that IP address, and forward it to an internal server of yours that will handle the request.

 

[banger007]

Wow thanks for the responce tardomatic I will give it a try.

Thanks Again