Bought a domain... now what?

Yeah, I don't think it resets at all. Comcast says the only offer static IPs to Comcast Business Class, but I won't pay extra for that. Also, the IP address is N/A to Flight Simulator because people just join your lobby from a list, not from direct IP access. Also, I use Wi-Fi not cable. And how did you get my last used IP?

Somebody must create that list and the link has to point somewhere; it can point to #s as easily as words since both are valid html constructs.

Comcast Wi-fI? So no cable runs in to your house and is attached to a cable modem?


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GameSpy you mean? And I mean Wi-Fi as in a router, but I see what you mean. Comcast High Speed Cable? I get it now. And, that's a cool feature! I guess it's good for people who disobey the rules and keep creating accounts.

my site is hosted with webs.com 30$ a year only 1gb bandwith though , you can host a site your self but need very good internets lol, nas units can be setup as a webserver too. just my input

Mmm yeah see you didn't mention that. That's why I said what I said

Just like you can trace the route of a web url to an IP address and use the IP instead of the url to get on a website.

But other than that, buying a domain just registers you as it's owner, the hosting is a separate deal entirely. You can get a dedicated server if you're really that into it, but if you host it on your own, then you're going to have to run your computer 24/7 which is as much as I can tell you, and you probably don't want to end up having to deal with all of that.

I am decently experienced in website hosting. I own a domain, and I have it directed to my server (in my basement) that hosts my website along with some video game systems. My ISP, Comcast, does not get mad at me for hosting, and my IP has not changed in a year. Comcast cuts you off after 200GB of traffic per month, which is well under what I do, average 80GB/month with heavy gaming, hosting of game servers, streaming movies and hosting website. I use Apache web server software (it's free!) and CoffeeCup HTML Editor (I have the licensed version, but there is a great free version) for my web activities. I also use phpBB3 for forums.

Personally, I am against buying web hosting. I like hosting my own, because I cannot get cut off for using too many resources, I can physically control my resources, OS and everything. I can also control my uptime, keeping it as close as possible to 100%. I am not parking it on some cloud somewhere across the country and shelling out cash for it. You can host a site on basically any computer, I used to run mine on an old Pentium III 450 (and it ran perfectly) before getting my Aberdeen beast of a server.