[Xitami] IP numbers,etc.

[Marcio Marchini]

| But I am wondering, is it possible to give a page
| a more durable address - say, a URL or a domain
| name? I'm sure the answer is yes, but can anyone
| give me a pointer on how to make this happen?


	You can register a domain ($20 / year) and then use www.zoneedit.com to host
the DNS service for you (free).

	Then you configure the computer which has a dynamic IP to tell zoneedit when
its IP changes. I do that from a Linux box. I run a script every 10 minutes
(because I do not have a hook for when my IP changes at the Linksys router, so I
just do it blindly / periodically). All it does is to visit a URL. Just by
visiting that URL at ZoneEdit they update the IP address for my domain. So, the
name will be constant but the IP may change as often as you want. All this is
documented at ZoneEdit, you've got to read the instructions there.

	So, I just give friends the name for my computer (say www.mycomputer.com) and
they can connect to it, even though I have a dynamic IP with an ADSL provider.


marcio