Setup my own domain name

[ziplux]

I just registered a domain name and I'd like it to point to the dynamic IP address that my ISP assigns me (it actually hasn't changed for over a year but in theory it could change) so that I can run my own webserver/mailserver on my own domain. Previously, I had a free account at www.cjb.net and I used their dynamic IP updating client to get http://myname.cjb.net to point to my IP.

I found this site called EveryDNS, it seems to provide free DNS nameservers and a free client for people with dynamic IPs to update the IP their domain points to. I've set the nameservers for my domain name to ns1, ns2, ns3, and ns4.everydns.net as it says to in the FAQ @ the EveryDNS site and I used the client to tell it what IP to make the domain point to. The domain is jaredcam.net.

Also, once I get this working, how do I setup subdomains? Like users.jaredcam.net or whatever. The webserver and all the other stuff is running on a Linux server connected to my cable modem, so I can install a DNS server if I need to.

 

[eklass]

if you ip hasn't changed, then there's a good change that your isp allocates ip's based on mac addresses. if it hasn't changed in a year, you're probably more than safe pointing it to your ip

as far as subdomains... each subdomain has to be entered into the dns
you then have to set up each subdomain in apache, iis, or whatever else you happen to be using