setting up mydomain.com...

[zander]

hi,

i have upgraded my isp contract so that i can use my bubba2 as a firewall, router, server. some of you have helped me before trying to access my bubba2 using easyfind but the problem was my isp disallowed it.

with my contract upgrade i should be able to use the full capabilities of the bubba2.

i want to set it up so that i can serve <mydomain>.com from it. i found a howto here http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?t=779 which looks pretty good.

so i want to just check the steps i need to setup my own web site so that i will not need easy find.

step 1. get <mydomain>.com

usually i use network solutions to get my domains. will i need anything else from them besides the name?

my isp has issued a static ip address to me for an extra $5 a month. do i need the static ip address?

step 2. follow the directions in the howto above.

is there anything else i need to get this going?

please advise.

zander

[carl]

hi,

i have upgraded my isp contract so that i can use my bubba2 as a firewall, router, server. some of you have helped me before trying to access my bubba2 using easyfind but the problem was my isp disallowed it.

with my contract upgrade i should be able to use the full capabilities of the bubba2.

i want to set it up so that i can serve <mydomain>.com from it. i found a howto here http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?t=779 which looks pretty good.

so i want to just check the steps i need to setup my own web site so that i will not need easy find.

step 1. get <mydomain>.com

usually i use network solutions to get my domains. will i need anything else from them besides the name?

my isp has issued a static ip address to me for an extra $5 a month. do i need the static ip address?

If you want to be able to use the bubba as an mail exchange point, you will need to add an so called MX-pointer to the bubba; This is usually done by adding an sub-A domain , for example called mail.domain.com, which points to the same IP as your real domain.com, after that, you add an MX-pointer that points to mail.domain.com

step 2. follow the directions in the howto above.

is there anything else i need to get this going?

please advise.

zander

For a web page, that's all that is required yes.

/Carl

[Tompa]

my isp has issued a static ip address to me for an extra $5 a month. do i need the static ip address?

If you use dyndns as the guide states you won't need a static IP since this tool finds your current IP and updates your DNS with this information so that <mydomain>.com always will point to your current IP.

If you use a DNS service that's not supported by dyndns or if you simply don't want to use such tools then you need a static IP.

/Tompa