Changing providers

[David Goth [XaOs]]

> the central office, I can only dream of high speed. And of course
> RoadRunner is not available for those of us that run servers.

I was reading through some old posts and noticed this. (Thus the lack of
timliness). I wouldn't count out Roadrunner. I currently am using a Linksys
router/firewall, which allows me to set the MAC address to whatever I want.
Conveniently enough, it's the same as my cable modem (not that I really
think that would be much of an issue. Better safe than sorry).

The trick is using a dynamic DNS service. (For info, look here:
http://www.dyndns.org/). They provide this service for free (they also
accept donations). So even though you don't have a static IP, people will
still be able to find your domain. (The router comes with a free trial with
another dynamic DNS service at http://tzo.com, however this is not free past
the trial period).

Next, use a free DNS service to point your domain to dyndns, which would
then send it on to your home server. I use http://www.zoneedit.com. I will
admit to being shaky on the dyndns.org thing, as I haven't used their
service, nor have I set up a server here. This is just theoretical for me
now, but it's what I'm probably going to try eventually.

>     Part of the problem I see is getting Network Solutions to
> change the DNS entries to point to whoever I switch to. If that
> gets screwed up....

Heh, I'd find someone besides Network Solutions for a domain registry. I
like http://www.discountdomainregistry.com. Only $14.99/year, and so far
haven't had a problem with changing DNS servers a few different times while
I was learning and researching this stuff. Sure beats the $35 annual that
Network Solutions wants to stick you with.

    -XaOs-
xaos at kc.rr.com
 -David Goth-