Re: Help - Name Server - Maybe

[John Hudak <jjhudak@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.com it 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