How can i point my domain to my home server?

Discussion in 'Domain Names & Parking' started by cyrix, Oct 26, 2008.

  1. Oct 26, 2008
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    cyrix

    cyrix Junior Member

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    I bought a domain from GoDaddy, i have a web server set up at my house that i would like to point my domain to. Only problem is i have charter for an ISP, they block all incoming connections on port 80 and several other ports for spam protection. So i set my web server to listen on port 8000 and created an A record for my domain to point to it. Only problem is in order for people to get to it they have to enter it as www.myurl.com:8000 in order for it to go through. Does anyone have any ideas on how i can fix this so people don't have to enter the port to get to my site?

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  2. Oct 26, 2008
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    liamtohd

    liamtohd Registered Member

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    What about using dyndns.org to forward? That would solve any future issues of your IP changing as well.
     
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    bhnoobz

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    yeah use a web forwarding service.
    why not just get webhosting it's like 5-10/mo from hostgator..
     
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    bizcredit

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    A few years ago I saw an online service that even let you run it from dialup and change the ip anytime instantly... was pretty cool it was years ago though.