setting up unreal

slicer · Post by **slicer** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:32 am

i was just wonderin if you needed a website to be able to run an irc server?i was lookin at the config file that comes with it for you to modify and i was wondering what when in this part
me
{
name "irc.foonet.com";
info "FooNet Server";
numeric 1;
};
if you just made the name and info up or if you had to already have one. thanks for any help.

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:21 am

Well first, I think you are confusing a "domain name" with a "website." They are not the same thing. A domain name is like unrealircd.com, microsoft.com, etc. A website is http://www.unrealircd.com

Now, about having a domain name. You are free to name your server whatever you want. However, if you want someone to be able to type /server irc.foonet.com, then you must buy foonet.com

slicer · Post by **slicer** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 5:18 am

thanks for the reply and yes i did mean a domian name not really a website. so what basically i need to buy a domain name so people can connect to my server? if thats the case then, i use cox cable for isp and they offer like 5 10mb websites(each with a subdomain such as cox.whatever.com) or something like that so could i use that as a domain name such as irc.cox.myserver.com?

AngryWolf · Post by **AngryWolf** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:03 am

As soon as you buy the "myserver.com" domain name, people can connect to your server using that domain name and any of its subdomains you want to configure to make them point to the IP address of your IRC server (for instance, irc.myserver.com, irc.cox.myserver.com, a.b.c.myserver.cm, etc). Otherwise they have to type the IP address to be able to connect. I suggest you to read some more about the Domain Name System (for example, at http://www2.rad.com/networks/1995/dns/dns.htm or http://www.postech.ac.kr/cse/hpc/resear ... ps/dns.htm) and the technical requirements of having a domain name (luckily, some companies take care of them).

Solutech · Post by **Solutech** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:29 pm

Alternatively if you dont want a domain name or a website http://www.no-ip.com will give you a domain name for forwarding to your pc . Makes a good safety cut out . dc the dns from their little gui prog and the domain stops working public chat access suspended . I use 2 . one for public the other for staff.