glennbecker.net will have to hook up w/a "real" ip address if you want to use it outside of your own lan.
First you need an isp to assign you a static ip address, then you can register glennbecker.net and have that name point to the ip address assigned to you by the isp. Once it's registered it may take a few days to proliferate to the various DNS's, but you'll be in business. No expert here, but HTH, George > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:01 AM > To: Debian Users List > Subject: Re: domain setup & email/DSL:followup > > > > ok, > > i'm feeling a bit silly for having mailed the list on this > topic ... but i > guess i'd be worse off if i just remained blissfully > ignorant, right? :-) > > i must risk further embarrassment or learn nothin.' > > very simply: if i *choose* a domain name -- glennbecker.net > is available, > i find -- and register it, then change the name of my system, > that should > solve most of if not all the problems - am i right? > > it was in retrospect NOT logical in any way for me to have named this > machine "debian.atomcam.com" since atomcam.com is registered > to my wife > and the actual MACHINE(S) hosting that domain are in no way > anywhere near > me but are in fact warped.net machines. > > someone just tell me whether i'm getting warmer or colder ... > > thx > > g > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________ > > | > // G l e n n B e c k e r > | > > | > // I don't wanna kill my china pig. > | > // -- Captain Beefheart > | > > | > // [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________| > > At 9:54am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Glenn Becker wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > I'm wondering if I made an error when I initially set up my > > machine. > > > > My wife runs a webcam site at www.atomcam.com. The site is > hosted by a > > company called warped, and our DSL service is provided by another > > company (the whole DSL thing is something I know v. little -- in a > > technical sense -- about). We have a cluster of 5 static > IPs and I use one > > of them, the other four being for the cams, some of which > have their own > > internal IP addresses. > > > > When I set up my Debian box, I named it debian.atomcam.com, > which seemed > > logical at the time. I have since changed the numeric IP > (we switched DSL > > providers when it turned out the former one had NOT BEEN > PAYING THEIR > > BILLS to Covad ...) but have kept the debian.atomcam.com name. > > > > My networking-totally-ignorant question is: can I just > "take" this name > > like this and assign it to my machine and "expect" things to > > work? Telnetting out (and *in* from outside when I use > numeric IP) works > > fine, as do surfing, etc. But I have been trying to set up > email -- I > > supposedly have a POP account with warped, for one -- and > having no luck. > > > > I don't expect the list to hold my hand and teach me > networking, but if > > anyone can point me toward a good set of documents, I'd be > > grateful. If nothing else it sort of frightens me that this machine > > may be a sitting duck, security wise. And I hate being ignorant! :0) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Glenn > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________ > > > | > > // G l e n n B e c k e r > | > > > | > > // I don't wanna kill my china pig. > | > > // -- Captain Beefheart > | > > > | > > // [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________| > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
