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> Guys > > My domain is registered with UKReg and points to my Fasthosts website. > > I have a static IP for my broadband connection and would like to publish a > public DNS entry of (say) www2.mydomain.co.uk for that IP. > > I currently have set up a subdomain for www2.mydomain.co.uk and in the > www2 directory on my public website (that the subdomain points to), I have > created an html file that redirects to my broadband IP and so connects > users to my local HTML services. This workaround only works for browsers > however and not for SFTP/SHH. It only works for connecting to the root of > my local web server too, a connection to http://www2.mydomain.co.uk/~mart > fails (I guess because I don't have a corresponding directory with > redirection file on my Fasthosts webserver). > > I have an open ticket with Fasthosts currently to see if I can add an > extra DNS entry but I don't think that service is available to me. > > My local server is Mandrake running Apache, Subversion and SFTP/SHH but > the Fasthosts server is IIS. > > Are there any magic trick I can perform to get what I need? > > Cheers > > Mart > This really shouldn't prove to be an issue, all you are asking them to do is setup a standard "A" record and point it at your home PC's IP address. If they can't do this, i would doubt their ability to host DNS services at all... (unless they want to charge you for a 2 minute job, if that) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html