associate registered domain with static IP

[atlantis at freedomweb.com]

Here is some help for you:

1) If your ISP does DNS for www.joshandchad.com then they will set up 
DNS records for you.

In plain english something along these lines:

www.joshandchad.com (is at)	206.228.214.20
joshandchad.com.	(is at)	206.228.214.20
the mail server for joshandchad.com (is at) [whatever host IP will do 
your email]

They can also set up MX records so you can have email at joshandchad.com

If 206.228.214.20 is the static IP address you got and its 
corresponding hostname is static20.i-americ.net you can use this same 
IP address in the DNS records of your domain.

How it currently would work.

1) request for your the resolution of www.joshandchad.com comes into 
your nameservers :
NS1.NETCORPS.COM            207.1.125.101 and NS2.NETCORPS.COM 
207.1.125.102

2) The name servers respond with the IP address of 
www.joshandchad.com which is 206.228.214.20

3) The web browser now resolved the name now has the IP address to 
contact your web server running on 206.228.214.20

Thats it!  Thats DNS 101.

To answer your direct questions below:

1) Alldomains.com may do DNS hosting, I don't know. Whose 
NETCORPS.COM? They are currently doing your DNS.

2) Contacting your ISP is probably the best since they own the IP 
address.  Hmm, i-americ.net is not a valid domain? Did you spell 
something wrong? Did you mean i-america.net? That makes more sense. 
Yes, then your ISP will advise you on what Name Servers you should 
put on your domain registration. It may or may not be the ones you 
list below.

3) Yes, you could set up DNS yourself. Are you on a DSL line?  You 
have to have two separate DNS servers at a minimum and they can not 
be the same IP address like you listed below. You must at least have 
a primary and secondary. The primary is always the first listed and 
the secondary is the second. You can have multiple secondaries for 
extra protection. Most people do not. To really follow the rules your 
secondary would be located on a completely different network. My 
domain is currently NOT set up like that, but I will be changing soon.

Hope all this helps get you on your feet.

Good luck,

Jason


>I have setup a virtual host on my web server for www.joshandchad.com
>and I have registered the domain.
>
>   ip address: 206.228.214.20
>      verbose: static20.i-americ.net
>       domain: www.joshandchad.com
>name servers: ns1.netcorps.com 207.1.125.101
>             : ns2.netcorps.com 207.1.125.102
>
>How do I associate the domain to the ip address?  Which of the
>following, if not all, are feasible:
>
>   1)Contact alldomains.com (where I registered the domain) and
>     have them take care of it.
>
>   2)Contact my ISP and let them take care of it.  Then change:
>     name servers: iai.i-americ.net 206.228.212.2
>                   mas.statesvi.net 206.228.212.21
>     Pay them to serve my domain.
>
>   3)Setup DNS server here.  Then change:
>     name servers: static20.i-americ.net 206.228.214.20
>                   static20.i-americ.net 206.228.214.20
>     Save a few bucks, gain a few headaches.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>--
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