From: RobertB 

In article , "Geo."
 wrote:

> "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.

Oh. Does each html page get a separate IP address? I've always wondered
about that? Or is it just the top level domain, like www.domain.com.

>
> 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.

Hmm. That's interesting.

When one signs up with ISP to host the Web site, do they go to the
regristrar and point the name to one of their IP addresses?

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