Re: Setting up VSFTP at Home - Please Help

From: Randy McLaughlin (randy_at_nospam.com)
Date: 06/12/05

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    "mohamad2181" <mohamad2181@rogers.com> wrote in message
    news:AP6dnd2O7MnN0DHfRVn-sA@rogers.com...
    > Good Day All,
    >
    > I am trying to setup an ftp server at home so I can make some files
    > available over the internet. I am using VSFTP with redhat 8.0 and it
    > works
    > fine as long I use the IP of my server at home provided by ISP. Here is
    > the
    > trick, instead of using
    > ftp://192.168.1.1/docs I want to be able to use something like
    > ftp://training.linuxathome.com.
    >
    > I don't have a lot of networking background, so please bare with me and
    > hopefully by answering these I'll have better Idea where to start.
    >
    > 1) Do I need to setup DNS ?
    > 2) If I do, that means I need to have domain name hosted by my ISP,
    > correct?
    > 3) I heard that some companies offer free DNS hosting, if that is
    > correct,
    > who are these companies?
    > 4) what is the best way to approach this?
    >
    > Your help is greatly appreciated.
    > Thank you

    I highly recommend setting DNS up on every computer.

    This has little to do with your task. To create your own domain there are
    two paths:

    Traditional (static):
      You must have a static IP address which is leased from your ISP.
      You can either provide your own name servers or use someone elses (or
    better yet - both).
      You purchase your domain name and point to your name servers (at least two
    different ones).

    Dynamic:
      You pick a dynamic name server (either free or commercial).
      You purchase a domain name and fill in the name servers provided by the
    dynamic name server client (or you just use the domain name they provide).
      You set up your system to notify the dynamic name server when your IP
    address changes.

    A googling of terms like "free dns" should turn up what you are looking for.

    Randy
    www.s100-manuals.com

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