Rookie needs direction

[Tom Robinson]

> Here is the situation.
> 1) I want to host my own website out of my box at home.
This doesn't mean you need to host your own DNS.
> 2) I have registered a domain name that resides in a parking spot on a
> server that the registry service runs.
Maybe you can get them to add an A record for www.yourrookiedomain.com
pointing to your static IP.
> 3) I have a static IP address.
> 4) I am running win2k advanced server.
> 5) The website is ready and waiting for hosting.
>
> As I understood so far... the 1st thing I need to do is transfer my domain
> name to myself, but to do that I need 2 DNS's so I need to set one up for
> myself, and I need to get the other from somewhere else.
You need a fixed host name as well as a static IP, and you need to register
that host name as a valid name server before any domains can be registered
or changed to point to it. With just a single IP it is a bit
chicken-and-egg.
You can use granitecanyon.com as your secondary name server. Visit them.
It's free.
In fact you can use them as your primary name server as well. I would
recommend this as then you don't need a name server at all, but are still a
master of your own domain. :)
> How do I set up a DNS at home?
>
> Once the DNS is setup, how do I transfer my domain?
>
> Once the domain is transfered, how do I assign the homepage of my website
to
> the domain name?
>
> I am by definition a newbie to this field, so please have mercy in your
> wording should you answer. Thanx in advance.
>