Re: setting up Web server

Hello Michael Collins. On 2000-12-26 22:16, you wrote: 

> nwlink.com is the domain name server/Domain Suffix of my ISP, the 
> upstream. So it is what I have entered into the TCP/IP control panel 
> for search domain (nwlink.com is NOT the domain I am serving). The IP 
> number and primary and secondary DNS IP addresses, as provided by my 
> ISP, are also entered into the TCP/IP control panel.

That's good.

> The nwlink.com domain is providing the domain name service and is 
> also the domain name server for my computer.

I understood that.


> I am talking about the Preferences of WebTen (under File) in the 
> menu, as shown on page 38 of the manual. It still seems that what I 
> need here is host: www, domain: kuwago.com but again WebTen will 
> change the back to nwlink.com after I enter it (and thus my server is 
> set as www.nwlink.com which it is absolutely not)! kuwago.com is a 
> registered domain but is not the name of a domain server.

I don't have access to my WebTen server at this time, but as I wrote 
before: you must have a DNS set up to point to your IP-number for 
kuwago.com. If your ISP did not yet do this, you may set up the DNS 
within WebTen. And: WebTen needs to know about who does the DNS. 

> So DNS on my end is not necessary for virtual hosting with a single 
> IP number?

It IS necessary, but it is unimportant, WHO provides DNS services. 
Either your ISP or WebTen itself. The virtual hosts don't require 
additional IP numbers; they use a technique called "header-based 
virtual hosts". 

I think the best idea is to ask your ISP to set up DNS for you for 
kuwago.com (your "main" address, as I understood it), pointing www, ftp 
and everything (except mail) to the IP number assigned to you. For all 
other virtual hosts, it is best to set up primary DNS within WebTen. 
Ask your ISP to provide secondary DNS for the other domains. 

> I only have one IP number available and do not want to pay an extra 
> $25 per month for another. I do not need Tenon's stack for 
> performance since this is a development server that I and maybe one 
> or two other people in a day will interact with.

It's up to you how you organize yourself. I use dual-stack, with 2 IP-
numbers. The Tenon stack is for WebTen only, on the other addtess I 
have a mailand a list server running, and Timbuktu for remote 
administration of the server. I have made the experience that although 
the dual stack config CAN live with a single physical ethernet port, it 
is easier to use when you add a second ethernet card to the machine. 
That way you avoid problems if the two addresses need to "talk" to each 
other - for example when a CGI-script wants to send mail to an address 
on the mail server. But again: If you don't need 2 addresses, it is not 
necessary to implement them.

Best wishes, Christian.

PS - could you please SWITCH OFF HTML in your mail application. Thank 
you.



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