Hi,

not sure if im in the correct forum or not but i will give this one a go.

I have a web server running at home and i want to put it onto the internet. Now this is where i do not have much experience.

I have been looking at purchasing a domain name and most seem to offer services such as email forwarding, website forwarding, advanced dns control etc. Now all i want to know really is how it works. When i purchase the name does that then get associated with an IP address that i would supply - presumably has to be a static IP? So when some types in 'mydomain.com' it routes ro my IP and hence my website.

Then regarding email forwarding which seems to come free with domain names - does this involve just getting email sent to the static ip where i can presumably have a mail server running.

Apart from that it the static ip is a router IP i presume it is just a case of forwarding on the appropriate ports to specific servers etc?

Hope someone can shed some light on the matter or at least point me in the direction of a site that can help.

Cheers
AD