hosting domain on your own comp ? help !

[zCypher]

I keep trying Apache, but can never get it to work properly.

Every other server I've tried... I can access it using my own IP, but 50% of other people can't for some reason.

So... I have registered my own domain, but what I would liek to know is, how can I make www.mydomainname.com point to my computer?

I used NameCheap for domain registration

thanks in advance!!!!

 

[JackMDS]

May be this can Help: How can I find My Home Personal Computer/Server on this "Huge" Internet World?

:sun:

 

[SpunkyJones]

Do you have a static IP? Then your domain register should be able to point to it. Otherwise you can try http://www.no-ip.com/ if you have a dynamic IP. Also you might want to check and see if your provider blocks port 80, or any of the other common ports, depending on what your setting up the server for.

 

[zCypher]

thanks for the prompt replies, jackmds and spunkyjones. I have DynSite for Windows installed currently. But I don't understand what the big deal with all this hassle is? I do have cable and yes it is a dynamic IP, but it rarely changes.

I went to namecheap and replaced their "park your domain" forward thing to my IP address. So now, when I type www.my domain.com, it points to my IP address which is what I wanted.

So I thought I was all set. So I installed a web server.. then I typed my domain.com and it worked, I saw the "if you see this, your server is working" typical webserver page.

So I send mydomain.com to 4 different friends on my messenger contact list. None of them can see it.

Me=ripping hair out

 

[zCypher]

i run the webserver and give someone my exact IP address and it still doesn't work
i'm really confused

yet i can see everything from my comp, and if i type the url or the IP it works fine for me. argh

 

[SpunkyJones]

it can take a day or two for dns records to update. Was all this done today?

 

[zCypher]

i've had the url for several months... i didn't just change the dsn info today

but if i'm giving the direct IP address that eliminates the DNS as being the problem, no?
what confuses me further is that some people were actually able to view it ... but most were not.
i have a 4.5mbps/900kbps cable connection, i have no up/down restrictions and as far as i know they don't block ports for this..

 

[SpunkyJones]

Does your provider give you a public IP? Is it just your pc connected to the modem, or is there a router inbetween?

 

[zCypher]

direct cable modem straight to PC, only one PC on connection, no router here. *shudders at the thought*

what do you mean by public IP? i know what my IP address is, cause every time I check it's the same (from sites like what is my ip, etc)

 

[zCypher]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I changed port to 189 and my friend (not on same service provider) was able to view it!
I change back to port 80 and he cannot view it

while on port 80, another friend CAN view it ... but that person uses the same ISP as me! ARGH!~! DIE DIE DIE!

thanks for your help guys... I guess this was my problem all along? Any way around it? bleh

 

[imported_Paladin]

Most cable companies have a 'no servers' clause. It sounds as if your ISP may be blocking port 80 at their gateway (those inside your ISP can see your port 80, outsiders blocked.)

Just out of curiosity, why not go with a hosting company. Mine is offering 1 gigbyte of storage and 45G monthly transfer for $6/month on a two-year prepay.

 

[zCypher]

Originally posted by: Paladin
Most cable companies have a 'no servers' clause. It sounds as if your ISP may be blocking port 80 at their gateway (those inside your ISP can see your port 80, outsiders blocked.)

Just out of curiosity, why not go with a hosting company. Mine is offering 1 gigbyte of storage and 45G monthly transfer for $6/month on a two-year prepay.

cause i like the idea of hosting it myself

but i think you're absolutely right, people on my ISP can see it, others cannot. bummer. i think what i'll do is use my friends server to redirect everything to my comp at port 81 or whatever. so people can type mydomain.com, which will technically poitn to my friends server, but there will just be a script on his server pointing hisserver ->>> mycomputer:81

so www.mydomainonhisserver.com/index.html(port 80) ---> my.ip.address/index.html:81

should work ouT! thanks for all the replies though.. I was hoping my ISP wuoldn't be blocking. oh well.