My mistake...I didn't see that there are significant number of replies to your thread. I believe the problem is with the router or the nameserver. I had similar problems when using one of the free domain name servers. I ended up switching to another service and it worked much better. I have had good luck with: http://www.dyndns.com/
Specifically here: http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/ And definitely read this....it tells you step by step what to do, and also has a fix for your machine getting a new IP address with every reboot. http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/howto.html Read ALL the related documentation before making changes to your system so you understand how everything plays together. When you get your system working with a dynamic IP, you could, alternatively configure your router to assign a static ip address to your machine, which would eliminate one variable. Good luck J On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Michael Rogers <mich...@michaelsrogers.net>wrote: > HI! > > For the last 6 months I have fiddled around trying to make Apache connect > to the web or the web connect to Apache. It does just fine on my home > network when I type in localhost! But if I type in www.michaelsrogers.comit > doesn't work. > > The address above is associated with the name server > somkey.montanavision.net and the Apache is on my home computer. I am > running XP Home SP3, and there a router between me, and the web. > > Is someone willing to help me figure out what I am doing wrong or not doing > at all that I should be doing? > > > Michael S. Rogers > (406) 967-2385 > > Web Sites: http://www.michaelsrogers.net & > http://www.michaelsrogers.net/trainwreck/Wreck.html >
