[nylug-talk] URL redirect

[Paul Robbins]

David,
That sounds nice, but I think that is what ClarkConnect has built in.  No
matter how much I change my IP address, the example.pointclark.net always
finds my box.  I an trying out the CNAME thing now.

On 10/5/07, David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net> wrote:
>
> If you don't mind spending $25 a year, you can use a service like this:
>
> http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/custom/
>
> In a nutshell, it lets you associate your domain name with a dynamic IP
> address.  The way it works is:
>
> 1) you tell the registrar to use the dynamic dns service provider's DNS
> server for your domain.  This will cause anyone accessing your site to
> use the dynamic service provider's dns servers when looking up your IP.
>
> 2) you run a small daemon app call a "dynamic DNS update client" (see:
> http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/) on your server which monitors
> your dynamic IP address to see when it changes.  When it does, the
> client goes and updates the dynamic dns server's records accordingly.
>
>
> Result is that the service's DNS keeps pointing your domain name to your
> dynamic IP address - even if it changes.
>
>
> There's several services that do this:  zoneedit, dyndns, probably
> others too.  Both of the ones I mentioned are supposed to be solid from
> what I've heard.
>
> I've used DynDNS personally for years now and I can vouch for them with
> the ultimate compliment - I don't even know they're there.  They've been
> completely "set it and forget it" for me.
>
> HTH,
>
> DR
>
>
> Paul Robbins wrote:
> > I know isn't quite a Linux question (though the webserver is running on
> > Linux), but I thought maybe someone would be able to help me out.
> >
> > My firewall at home also has a small webserver running on it. I mainly
> just
> > use it to keep family updated about stuff going on with me.  I purchased
> a
> > website from GoDaddy, let's call it www.example.com.  I have
> > www.example.comforwarding to my webserver at home.  It is RoadRunner,
> > so it is a dynamic IP
> > address. The flavor of Linux I am running (ClarkConnect) gives me a
> hostname
> > (example.pointclark.net).  So I just redirect www.example.com to resolve
> to
> > example.pointclark.net.
> >
> > The problem is that I either have to change the URL that displays to
> > example.pointclark.net or mask the URL. If I mask it, it displays
> > www.example.com no matter where the user navigates (subpages on the
> site).
> > Also, I am not sure that google will crawl the www.example.com site if
> all
> > it does it redirect to a different URL.  Is there a way to set up
> > www.example.com as my box at home and give me all of the usefulness that
> > comes with it?  Do I have to get a static IP address to accomplish this?
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > ~Paul
>
>
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