[Nottingham] importing domain to own host

[Michael Erskine]

James Gibbon wrote:
> I've been using Vision Internet for my modest blog site, jamesgibbon.com,
> for the last two years - and although I've been perfectly happy with their
> service, I've decided that my own domestic webserver should be more than
> adequate for my hosting purposes. So, it's my intention to copy the content
> onto my own box, and host it there, instead of renewing in May.
> I believe that it's possible to use a registered domain name with a dynamic
> IP address (I have bog-standard domestic NTL broadband), by piggybacking off
> a dyndns.org subdomain. I already have two of those, which are already used
> with my webserver.
> 
> Has anyone actually tried this or something similar? I don't really know
> what I'm doing :D

Yup, I've been doing this with tecspy.com for a couple of years now. I 
use the free DNS at zoneedit.com and I moved my domain registrations to 
godaddy.com to save on costs ($9 vs £46!!!).

> Do I need to set up BIND on my own box?
> I assume that I need to renew domain name registration with Vision, but how
> can I associate it with my own server, instead of the server host at Vision?

No, you won't need to run bind or (at least until very recently!) any 
dynamic IP daemons. If you have time before your domain registrations 
are up you can move to somebody dirt-cheap who allows you to choose your 
own name servers for free. My total costs per annum are about £6 per 
domain. /msg me for more info.

Regards,
Michael Erskine.