sanbeand 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 after a while of saving money in order to buy my geniune copy of win 2003 i was wondering how could i set up a domain name in win 2003... or i bought the server for nothing?.. do i have to hire a domain name from some company?... how this domain name stuff work ? any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moldboy 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Think of a domain like a PO box, you own the house (Win 2003) but the mail man can't find it, or atleast not without complex directions (IP address) so rather you register a PO box at your local postoffice (Domain Registrar) so when every someone sends you a letter it goes to your PO box and you handle it from there. Inorder to have a domain you need to register it at a "Post Office" just search domain registrar in google. you will also need some other backend stuff running on win 2003, I don't know if it comes with it. But my guess is that if you had to ask about this, then you are bitting of more then you can chew, so to speak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragonfly 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 after a while of saving money in order to buy my geniune copy of win 2003 i was wondering how could i set up a domain name in win 2003... or i bought the server for nothing?.. do i have to hire a domain name from some company?... how this domain name stuff work ? any ideas? 200221[/snapback] Does win 2004 means Windows 2003 operating system? Or you have just bought Win 2003 server? Server and domain stuffs are entirely two different things. You may have yourdomains.com which you must register from some companies that register domains for example : register.com, godaddy.com, directnic.com, smallbusiness.yahoo.com and many more other companies. Domain can be hosted in Linux server or windows server. If order to have your own website running on the world of internet, you need domain and host. If you host your website in your own server - your server must have nameserver to which you need to point your domain dns record. or i bought the server for nothing?.. do i have to hire a domain name from some company?... how this domain name stuff work ? any ideas? 200221[/snapback] If you have bought a web server, i didn't buy for nothing. Just register your choice domain and host it in your own server. But I wonder whether you've bought web host server or just local computer server for testing websites locally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
epox 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 about the applicatios you need to set up your web server you first should think in what you want, and then choose the right webserver application. there are so many soft you coul use and some are free, like iis, or apache, or other payed applications like jsp, macromedia coldfusion,and well, it's up to your needs! good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guangdian 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 you should not hire the domain but the only way you could use it is "paying for regitser"this pay is for one year,you would repay for another year.and i think the domain could not been hired,if you really hired a domain using one year,it's still not yours.just register from enom,godaddy and so on.at win 2003 control panel,you would got the details of how to bind the domain to your server.i'm not used win 2003 for server,as i know the unix system is more safe than windows system specially in server enviorment.thank you.guangdian. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanbeand 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 hey guys thanx for reply... all that info rocks! but then if i have to register my domain name with some other guy... how do they do? i mean... i have my win 2003 server running with IIS and other stuff about dns and so on, and maybe they have the same server i have or how these companies work, do they share a super database or something? they are friends with the server in the garage and have a LAN? thats what i would like to know... cos i dont think microsoft pays to eg. godaddy.com for the domain do they?... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moldboy 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 No you're right microsoft doesn't pay godaddy for their domain. Microsoft (now I'm not certian about this, but it seems like a good guess) has become what you could call their own domain registrar. SO they don't pay anybody, they do however do pay membership fees to icann. You'll notice that the registrats often say something like "plus ICANN registration fee" And yes they do all share databases, that's why when you first registre a name it could take several hours for it to work because all the databases around the world must be made aware of your presence.By the way ICANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unregistered 015 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Visit those sites for more info:https://www.icann.org/and you might find useful:http://www.internic.net/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanbeand 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2005 so what if i want to set up a dedicated server to host domain names?, will i have to pay to ICANN or what?...i was thinking what if i join this organization with my server and start to sell domain names?... (i know this info coul be on the page but some summary would be good) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moldboy 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2005 The way I understand it you will still have to pay ICANN, you might want to contact them though regarding the details. It's sounds to me like you're like me, except I speak of Bandwidth, I think it's the biggest crock charging to bandwidth. I mean one minute you're using it then ext you're not, but what it comes down to is the maintenance of the backbone of the internet. It will be the same with the ICANN fees, they go towards maintaining the 13 DNS servers on the internet. (Which FYI are the weak point in the structure)One more thing I thought I'd add: or i bought the server for nothing?.You probably did buy the server for nothing, it was meant to be used as a LAN server not a web server, any computer, running any OS can be a web server, with the right software, and my guess is (just a guess) that WIN 2003 doesn't have web server software by default. I forgot to add that to my first post (Sorry) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guangdian 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2005 hey,come on! i'm just exhausted by you sanbed.what do you mean for all... they are friends with the server in the garage and have a LAN?you own the server?yes,any one's computer could be a server if they install the iis or apache.if you wanna your server (with ftp http service?) to the internet,you must confirmed that "Where your Server located Now?" Is that at your home,connecting with and phone line or ADSL modem? no,that your server could be viewed by others from internet but the speed is So slow,your server(computer) must be running always (1 year or more) ,can it afford that?-then you should put the server to ISP's place,they gave the service for the high speed connecting to your server.(it will costs so much may be you can not stand that).-then domain..you wanna be a domain resellor?i suggested you contact enom.their service is better in my own opinion.if you just wanna register a domain you also can contact the resellor of enom or godaddy or any site certified by ICANN.the price is more lower than you register it throughly from the official site.guangdian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
exhale 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2005 you register a domain... godaddy.com is a good affordable domain registration / hosting site! lol.. yepp then you get your registered domain some hosting. theres free domain hosting in some sites, Xisto provides free domain hosting too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
