On all the commercial domain name registrar, they have all these
advertisements and add-ons to their software. I'm confused. I need to
sort a few things.

1. I want to get a domain name for my computer. I don't really want a
professional webpage; I don't want any add-ons. I just want the
capability to code my own servers and be able to get to these ports
from a domain name I choose. Do I need to register with some commercial
business to get one?

2. If and when I do register, what goes on? How does a client know that
the domain name is related to my computer? Is the domain name located
on the companies' computer, and is redirected to my computer?

Thanks for any help! -Chris

chrispatton@gmail.com wrote:
) On all the commercial domain name registrar, they have all these
) advertisements and add-ons to their software. I'm confused. I need to
) sort a few things.
)
) 1. I want to get a domain name for my computer. I don't really want a
) professional webpage; I don't want any add-ons. I just want the
) capability to code my own servers and be able to get to these ports
) from a domain name I choose. Do I need to register with some commercial
) business to get one?

As far as I know, yes.
There might bee non-profit organisations that do this, who knows.

) 2. If and when I do register, what goes on? How does a client know that
) the domain name is related to my computer? Is the domain name located
) on the companies' computer, and is redirected to my computer?

The company you register with has (access to) what is called a
'nameserver'. If someone wants to 'look up' a certain domain name,
it asks a 'nameserver' for that name, which then returns the IP address
that belongs to that domain name. In your case, the IP address of your
computer.


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chrispatton@gmail.com wrote:
If you want a top-level domain name, you have to use a commercial
registrar, generally speaking. Otherwise, you may be able to get one
from a noncommercial registrar or even a hobbyist who's willing to
delegate subdomains of their domains to you.

<simplified answer>

The domain name you register is mapped to the IP address(es) of your
computer through DNS (the domain name system).

</simplified answer>

For more details, consult the DNS RFCs (available through
www.rfc-editor.org), an O'Reilly DNS reference book, or use your
favorite search engine to get information about DNS.

--gregbo
gds at best dot com

Oh yes... this informations leads me to another question. How would
their server handle it if I have a dynamic IP address? Do I have to get
a static one?

Cool. This answers my questions.

gds@best.cut.here.com wrote:

Actually you can't get a top level domain (well, not unless you become
a country or convince IANA that a new TLD is a good idea). "com" or
"us" are top level domains. If you get myname.com, that's a second
level domain, or myname.co.uk would be a third level domain.