Change server from IP adress to name?

Darkfox3393 · 04-09-2006, 10:03 AM

Hello!
I am using Abyss Web server and windows 98se. I was wondering if there was a way for me to use a name instead of my IP adress as my website URL. Or at east a cover to let people connect to my IP adress through a name. Is this possible? Let me know if more information is needed.

**DumberDrummer** · 04-09-2006, 04:47 PM

yes, you can go to dyndns.org and sign up for a subdomain there.

You can point it at your IP address, and even get a program to update it automatically if its not a static IP.

For instance, you could get darkfox.dyndns.org, and then when someone types that in the address bar, it will connect to your IP, and thus your webserver.

Darkfox3393 · 04-09-2006, 09:18 PM

Hmm... ok. But no way to make it a custom URL such as darkfox.fire or along those lines?

Thanks for the help though. I will be using the information you provided.

Oh and erm...I know everyone hates it when poeple say this, but I would prefer it to be free. Heh. Thanks again.

**DumberDrummer** · 04-09-2006, 09:25 PM

Dyndns.org is free...

there is the option to get a domain name that does the same thing, but that costs money. (Around 10 bucks a year.) If you got a domain name, you could use zoneedit.com to point to your server.

I would go with the free dyndns service though.

Darkfox3393 · 04-09-2006, 10:21 PM

Ah it is free (sorry hadn't checked it out thoroughly). Ok well it'll work. I used selfip.com. Some of the available free subs seemed....odd. heh. Thanks for the help though. Solved my problem. :D.

**DumberDrummer** · 04-11-2006, 01:20 AM

Glad to be of assistance. Just come on back if you need help with anything else... it gets lonely in this part of the forum sometimes

04-09-2006, 10:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Darkfox3393 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 335 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate My System	Change server from IP adress to name? Hello! I am using Abyss Web server and windows 98se. I was wondering if there was a way for me to use a name instead of my IP adress as my website URL. Or at east a cover to let people connect to my IP adress through a name. Is this possible? Let me know if more information is needed. Last edited by Darkfox3393; 04-09-2006 at 10:05 AM.

04-09-2006, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	yes, you can go to dyndns.org and sign up for a subdomain there. You can point it at your IP address, and even get a program to update it automatically if its not a static IP. For instance, you could get darkfox.dyndns.org, and then when someone types that in the address bar, it will connect to your IP, and thus your webserver. __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

04-09-2006, 09:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Darkfox3393 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 335 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate My System	Hmm... ok. But no way to make it a custom URL such as darkfox.fire or along those lines? Thanks for the help though. I will be using the information you provided. Oh and erm...I know everyone hates it when poeple say this, but I would prefer it to be free. Heh. Thanks again. Last edited by Darkfox3393; 04-09-2006 at 09:21 PM.

04-09-2006, 09:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Dyndns.org is free... there is the option to get a domain name that does the same thing, but that costs money. (Around 10 bucks a year.) If you got a domain name, you could use zoneedit.com to point to your server. I would go with the free dyndns service though. __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

04-11-2006, 01:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Glad to be of assistance. Just come on back if you need help with anything else... it gets lonely in this part of the forum sometimes __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

04-09-2006, 10:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Darkfox3393 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 335 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate My System	Ah it is free (sorry hadn't checked it out thoroughly). Ok well it'll work. I used selfip.com. Some of the available free subs seemed....odd. heh. Thanks for the help though. Solved my problem. :D.