by Tomi Engdahl on Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:28 pm
Having static IP is the best way to get your web server reliably visible on the Internet. You can connect your PC with that IP address (if you have tht server running, connection up and nothing on the way to block connection).
To get name for your PC, you can buy a domain name from suitable registering company and type in your PC IP address to their name servers as for example
www.yourowndomain.com. Many ISPs that provide fixed IP addresses usually can provide some name service for your computer.
But fixed IP is not the only option to run server. If your computer does not have static IP address, in most broadband connections you get one publically visible IP address for your computer. That address can vary every time you connect to Internet and/or boot the PC. If you keep your PC running all the time, the IP address typically does not change too often (usually you get to keep the same IP address from one day to weeks depending on ISP and time).
When you have this IP addres, then you can connect to your PC with the IP address. The problem is to get to know what is the IP at any given time. The normal solution to this Dynamic Name Server service. The idea is that the Dynamic Name Service provider has a server that maps your name to the IP address you have told them to do. Your computer runs some process that will tell this server the new IP address every time this IP addres changes... Can work pretty well if your IP address does not change too often. Generally this kind of system works well, but every time your computer IP address on your server changes, you generally see some kind of service interruption (typically from minutes to hours depending on name server settings).
Having static IP is the best way to get your web server reliably visible on the Internet. You can connect your PC with that IP address (if you have tht server running, connection up and nothing on the way to block connection).
To get name for your PC, you can buy a domain name from suitable registering company and type in your PC IP address to their name servers as for example http://www.yourowndomain.com. Many ISPs that provide fixed IP addresses usually can provide some name service for your computer.
But fixed IP is not the only option to run server. If your computer does not have static IP address, in most broadband connections you get one publically visible IP address for your computer. That address can vary every time you connect to Internet and/or boot the PC. If you keep your PC running all the time, the IP address typically does not change too often (usually you get to keep the same IP address from one day to weeks depending on ISP and time).
When you have this IP addres, then you can connect to your PC with the IP address. The problem is to get to know what is the IP at any given time. The normal solution to this Dynamic Name Server service. The idea is that the Dynamic Name Service provider has a server that maps your name to the IP address you have told them to do. Your computer runs some process that will tell this server the new IP address every time this IP addres changes... Can work pretty well if your IP address does not change too often. Generally this kind of system works well, but every time your computer IP address on your server changes, you generally see some kind of service interruption (typically from minutes to hours depending on name server settings).
