hosting your own website

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stuporglue Wrote: 
> If you've got a static IP, you need to go to wherever you bought the
> domain name and point it at that IP address. If not, you'll need to
> figgure out dynDNS or something.



I got my domain from somewhere that advertised "dynamic dns", which
turns out meant any time you want your name to point to a new IP you
can pull up their web page and change it manually.



I moved the administration of the domain over to zoneedit.com and
haven't looked back.  They give you several ways to automatically
update the dynamic DNS when your IP changes, and the first 5(?) domains
are free.  I haven't had to pay yet.



I update my dns every 4 hours using a crontab entry:




Code:
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    0 */4 * * * wget -O - --http-user=<youruserid> --http-passwd=<yourpwhere> 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=<yourdomain>'
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Joeak