DNS Help

Mark Gast mag_kclug at waywardson.com
Fri Jun 25 22:57:40 CDT 2004


Matt Graham wrote:

> Brian Kelsay wrote:
> 
>> I have a domain I purchased at godaddy.com and I was using free 
>> hosting at 1and1.com, but I want to just put the site on my server at 
>> home.   Here's the delimma.  GoDaddy will do DNS if you use one of 
>> their hosting plans or if you just want to park a domain, otherwise 
>> you have to provide your own DNS.   When I was trying to build a site 
>> at 1&1 I was using their DNS, but I switched it back to just a parked 
>> domain at godaddy until I figured out what I wanted to do.
>>
>> Any recommendations as to where I can get free DNS to point 
>> mydomain.com to my home IP?   I already know how to setup the firewall 
>> to redirect port 80 to the webserver.  I previously used dyndns.org 
>> for a free subdomain account, but they charge about 24.95/yr for basic 
>> DNS of your own domain.  That's a bit much for something I'm just 
>> screwing around w/ at home.    I also want to be able to direct the MX.
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> Zoneedit will give you free dns and mx stuff.  Can't remember if it's 
> .org or .com.  It's a pretty cool service though.
> Matt

I have been using ZoneEdit for years.  Highly recommended!  URL: 
http://www.zoneedit.com




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