[NTLUG:Discuss] How do I connect up a domain name to my IP address?

[Steve Baker]

Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> You need to find the folks that have the DNS that serves up
> the authority for your zone.

OK - so that's the SWBell name server.  I have the address
of both primary and secondary servers - and Internic's whois
service give actual names for them.

>  That server likewise has to
> be registered with your registrar.  Do a whois query on
> your domain and see what the name servers are.

OK - I can do that - Verisign have an entry where you can enter
the primary and secondary name servers - I can enter the names of
the two SWBell name servers - but that doesn't lead to anyplace
where *my* internet address is entered.

I still don't see where is the actual connection that maps something
like mydomain.org into the dotted quad for my static IP address.

> If you don't have any name servers to serve the records for
> your zone, you'll need that first.  Of course, YOU could be
> that zone of authority if you want to be :-)

I was afraid of that. So I'd have to run DNS/named/whatever on
my machine?

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