supershark,
Basically Charlie is of course right ...
if you want to host a .com .net . org -domain or whatever you have to spend money on that.
But you can get yourself a "free domain" by registering with one of the dynamic DNS providers
supported by SME out of the box most notably dyndns.org and yi.org.
... you connect your "host" to the internet over your DSL or Cable internet provider -with a dynamic ip...
... you then will be able to "host at home" with url's like "supershark.homeip.net" and "supershark.is-a-chef.com" and more...
Here you go:
1)
Register i.e. select an account name and password (
at dyndns.org ?)
2) Select among the free urls available (
just search a little. Look for "Account" and "Add Dynamic DNS Host") and add "supershark007" or something similar (see below).
3) At a new SME setup enter the three items needed i) select your servername according to dyndns registration:
new servername (like:
supershark007.homeip.net)
when asked for dyndns enter:
ii) (dyndns)
account name (like:
supershark007)
iii) (dyndns)
password (
supersharkspassword_for_dyndnsaccount)
...this about "sums it up".Happy learning
Regards
Reinhold
P.S.: Please do not modify too much on the basically safe SME
...we don't want you to become a source of spam and virii
3 Replies
2521 Views