Who do you like for domain registration?

[Chaotic42]

I'm getting a firewall/router/webserver set up pretty soon, and I want a domain name. What's a cheap, good place to register the name with?

Also, are there any reserved domains I can use (and not be visible to the internet)?

 

[minendo]

GoDaddy.

 

[Chaotic42]

Anyone else?

 

[jagr10]

verisign, register.com, i dunno. there are thousands out there, but those two are some of the biggest.

 

[jacob0401]

http://namecheap.com/

 

[wyvrn]

another vote for godaddy, no problems with them

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I'm getting a firewall/router/webserver set up pretty soon, and I want a domain name. What's a cheap, good place to register the name with?

When GoDaddy first got started, I had no end of trouble with broken code on their servers and aggressively clueless support people, but eventually I ended up getting ahold of Bob Parsons and he was able to get their programmers to fix the bugs. Once in a while, I've still had to talk to their support people and get one thing or another straightened out with their functions (usually it's a case of bulk operations weirding out), but everybody's been much more helpful and effective than they had been early on.

Also, are there any reserved domains I can use (and not be visible to the internet)?

I'm not sure I understand the question. GoDaddy does have a service that allows you to register a domain but keep your identity private, but that doesn't sound like what you're asking about. Do you mean some kind of domain equivalent to a private-use IP? Or?

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: jacob0401
http://namecheap.com/

Use either godaddy, namecheap or registerfly. Nothing else. Period. dont use verisign network solution, register.com, etc etc unless you qualify as ignorant

 

[kozman31]

powerpipe.com

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Trygve

I'm not sure I understand the question. GoDaddy does have a service that allows you to register a domain but keep your identity private, but that doesn't sound like what you're asking about. Do you mean some kind of domain equivalent to a private-use IP? Or?

Like 192.x.x.x is reserved for private use. I can call my computer that with no problems.

Is there something like "domain.com" that I can use?

 

[DanFungus]

i used godaddy...i'd say either godaddy or namecheap

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Trygve

I'm not sure I understand the question. GoDaddy does have a service that allows you to register a domain but keep your identity private, but that doesn't sound like what you're asking about. Do you mean some kind of domain equivalent to a private-use IP? Or?

Like 192.x.x.x is reserved for private use. I can call my computer that with no problems.

Is there something like "domain.com" that I can use?

oh, i think i get what you're saying...what you could do on the client computers is this:

all the computers on your LAN you can open up the "hosts" file which is in the system32/drivers/etc folder and if you make it like this:

x.x.x.x server.com


x.x.x.x being the lan ip of the server, then I think that it will redirect the client-->server through server.com

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: minendo
GoDaddy.

Ditto

Ausm

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: minendo
GoDaddy.

Definitely Godaddy.com

 

[RossMAN]

http://www.namecheap.com is the best