Web hosting IP forwarding service?

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:52:29 -0500, Drifter <nohandle DeleteThis @righthere.com> wrote:

 >Greetings,
 >
 >I have registered a domain that I have had for a while. I am using
 >Earthlink to host it. I am thinking I would like to setup one of the
 >spare computers to run a web server. Problem is, I don't know if I
 >can attach my domain to my ISP's IP range. I have a dynamic IP
 >(although my IP has never changed, I don't pay for a static IP).
 >
 >I was wonfering if I could have a IP forwarding service host the
 >domain, then forward any HTTP to my IP. I would update the IP any
 >time it changed. I do just this for my FTP site.

You could try ZoneEdit.com (free, for up to 5 domains)... Use that to
set an 'A' record (under the IP section for your domain) to make your
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a> entry point to your 'stickly' IP address (since you
know it could change, you'd need to go in and alter this, if it does)
and can then use mail forwarding on ZoneEdit to 'catch' any mail sent
to the domain. You could also add <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://ftp.example.com" target="_blank">ftp.example.com</a>

There'd be none of the 'forwarding' you mention, just a lookup for your
domain would be done on the nameservers at ZoneEdit and appropriate IP
addresses given for mail (their MX), or ftp/www (your IP).

If you wanted to you could have <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">www.example.com</a> reach the Earthlink
server (you need to know their IP before you alter the nameservers for
your domain ! and example.com (no www prefix) to reach your IP.

I use a number of hosting services (some found quite cheaply on Ebay,
eg $29.99/year) and have sub-domains spread across servers, so I can
use different PHP applications and have multiple MX entries so incoming
mail is more reliable (if there's only one MX then if that server is down,
no mail reaches you - budget hosting often gives one MX, unfortunately!).

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