Set IP to point to a domain name

[likashots]

I bought a domain name from register.com for $1 a while back. I have it pointing to my server where I am running Apache for Win32 (yes its beta but pws is the worst www server ever). It is possible to type in my domain name and it sends you to my server, but the IP address of the server shows up instead of the domain name. How can I set this up to say http://www.domainname/somepage.html instead of http://ip_address/somepage.html? Plus when I say http://www.domainname/somepage.html it will send me to http://ip_address.


thanks
pmc

 

[bigjon]

Sounds like you're looking for something like Redirection.net. I have about a dozen domains with them (I actually registered them there but its possible to transfer domains to them although I've never tried myself). For $15/year they register your domain AND give you redirection services.

What they do essentially is forward the domain name to a computer of your choice (IP or another domain name). You can also change the target URL whenever you like. As an example, you could have www.whatever.com point to 24.6.118.100/mywebpage/ and either have it retain "www.whatever.com" in the browser's address textbox or put "24.6.118.100/mywebpage/" in the textbox. This is a setting at Redirection.net.

And yes, it will forward directories too (so www.whatever.com/dir would forward to 24.6.118.100/mywebpage/dir)