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Hi Rob On 2 Jun 2009, at 09:25, Rob Beard wrote: > Brown Richard wrote: >> >> I hope everybody is enjoying our summer at last. Just a quickie. I >> want to point a domain name to an ip address and start to host a web >> site. This will be the first of several sites hosted. What is >> involved >> in building a domain name server please and is it better to simply >> rent some space to do this task please? If so, have you a >> recommendation? >> > You should be able to go to GRC.com and test the IP address from there > using Shield's Up. It will give you an indication of what ports are > accessable from the outside world. > > With regards to building a DNS server, is this for internal use say on > an internal network or for internet use? > > If it's for use on the Internet then I'd say you're probably better > going to a professional hosting company, register a domain and have > them > point the DNS record to the IP address of the server. From experience > DNS seems to be rather complicated and easy to screw up if you don't > know what you're doing. The only DNS I have really played with is on > internal networks. > > By the way, is the server co-located at a hosting company/ISP etc or > is > it a standard broadband connection? > Thanks for the reply. I'll take a look at using shield's up thanks. And thanks for the advice. I think I will continue to use a hosting company to do the dns job for me. The server is co-located in Bodmin. Yes we now have a data centre in Bodmin! They are still negotiating on line speeds and will up the connection rates within the next six months. -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html