How can I point a domain name to a home network (cablemodem)?

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My friend's cable modem has one IP, he can get additional ones. He wants to
get a domain name www.whatever.com and point it to his computer on one of
those IP's. What exactly would he need to do to get this working.

I know that if IIS is running on the computer, then he has a website. I
know I can assign IP's to that website.

I just don't know what else is involved in getting the real world to find
that computer?

Any help appreciated.

Shane
 
In my case I use a FREE service from No-IP.com. The No-IP.com software runs on one of my XP Pro
boxes and on a time schedule basis contacts the No-IP.com servers. The No-IP.com servers then know
what my current public IP (DHCP assigned by my ISP) is and maps that to a fully qualified domain
name. That information is then propagated over the public internet. I then call the destination PC,
from a remote location, using the fully qualified domain name. It works very well for me using
Remote Desktop or a PPTP VPN link.

http://www.no-ip.com

Others, some free and some $$$$...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote_Network_Home/Connections

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Thanks for the thought.
I had found that also.

MY friend has a fixed IP and says he can get another for $10/month. I don't
know about the port restriction, but it would appear to me that with a fixed
IP, that all that would be needed is to register a domain name and point it
to a nameserver that linked that name to his IP, which IIS would be bound
to.

Now, the thing is I don't know much about nameservers. Does windows have
one? How do I get to it?
Would this work as I mentioned above or is there some flaw in it.

I will definitely mention no-ip.com to him.

thanks,

Shane
 
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