From: RobertB 

In article , "Geo."
 wrote:

> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-3444C3.13233010062007{at}news.barkto.com...
>
> > 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.
>
> No, each website gets a default web page (the root page) so if you just go
> to the IP address that's what you get. DNS only allows you to go to that
> level.

OK. The rest is handled by hyperlinking.
>
> > 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?
>
> Whoever has the registrar's site login points the domain to a pair of dns
> servers, those servers contain the zone file for the domain and it's that
> zone file that points names like www or mail to a specific IP address.
>
> Geo.

Aren't there a series of DN servers, one for top-level domains,
second-level domains, on so on (top level being .com, .net, etc.)?

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