From: "Geo." 

"RobertB"  wrote in message
news:missinglink-448236.12510409062007{at}news.barkto.com...

>> > I would have thought (no idea) that ISPs would use the
"host header"
>> > method. The web client sends this request::
>> > GET http://www.mycurrentISP.com/robert/
>>
>> Most won't do special configurations like that (it's an off the rack
>> world)
>> however there are dns services that offer redirection services which can
>> do
>> the same thing. It's probably easier to just find some cheap host though.
>>
>> Geo.
>
> You don't do it through the domain registrar, then?

Host header is done on a web server, you cannot point a dns entry at
anything but an IP address so you can't point it at www.nls.net/noc.htm but
you can point it at www.nls.net which is what you get if you just go to the
IP address.

There are registrars who offer redirection services, those you can point at
a specific page in a site.

Here is a trick that can save you from having to worry about someone
hosting your domain. At the registrar you have to point a domain to a pair
of dns servers. Typically these are something like

ns.host.com 1.1.1.1
ns1.host.com 2.2.2.2

but you can just point at your website IP address instead (for example if
you are hosting it on your dsl line) like this.

www.yourdomain.com 1.1.1.1
yourdomain.com 1.1.1.1

now when someone types in www.yourdomain.com they go directly to your
website even though nobody is hosting the dns. I think (I have not tested
this) that if you are running your own mail server on the same machine your
mail should work too.

Geo.

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