Mark,
Check out this link for a clearer definition of DNS:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DNS.html
All I can tell you is that pointing that domain at your computer is not going to work without help from an outside source. You must have two DNS servers pointing to your IP address for the Registrar (Web.com) to look to before your domain can be found on your computer.
This is how I understand it, and I may be entirely wrong. Someone please correct me if I am.
Tom
can anyone help?
You will need to have a primary server and a secondary server established.
When someone tries to access your site, it is first sent to their ISP's cache of sites. If it is not found, it sends a "lookup query" to other DNS servers which then send the correct IP address back to the original ISP server, allowing your visitor to find your site.
I believe that web.com will have to be the one to change the info on their servers- you should probably contact them.
Also, just as a word of caution- I know when we looked in to hosting our own site about a year ago, our ISP did not allow "always on" connections, even though we had broadband. Even though it seems as if you are always online, you aren't and they wouldn't allow people to host their own sites because of the high traffic. You may want to double check with Verizon as to whether or not they will let you do this.
Another point I'm sure you have thought about, but just in case, is the security issue. We pay our hosts a lot of money to make sure our info is safe and that no one can hack into our stuff. It may cost more, but it's worth it to me to not have to worry about it.
As well- you might think about any downtime. We pay our hosts to make sure our site is up 24-7 and they have the staff there at 3 am to keep us online. I personally don't want the responsibility of dealing with any website issues at 3 am 
... just another thing to think about if you plan on having a lot of visitors to your site.
I think there are a lot of inexpensive alternatives to hosting your own site, unless of course that is something that is challenging and "fun" for you to do. Otherwise I wouldn't recommend it It will give you a lot more time to concentrate on making your site great.
Good luck to you- I hope you get it worked out!
-Elizabeth
yeah, i've thought about all that stuff Beth, may i call you Beth? , i'm not to worried about it.
on my account i set it up like this:
primary nameserver: hazardnet.net - ip:4.65.32.70 (which is my ip)
secondary nameserver: ns1.hazardnet.net - ip
my ip)
will that work?... 
Originally posted by Mark
will that work?...
Well I can't exactly say it will or not, since I've never been brave enough to try it myself
But I can say that the trial and error method works great for me, so I say "go for it" and I'm sure you'll be the first to know if it isn't working.
How's that for an answer? LOL - not very helpful I know...
-Elizabeth
:p its okay, i think i know someone that can help me, he host on his computer same as me and he bought a domain, just a matter of getting ahold of him.. :rolleyes:
thanks anyways beth
Most likely you will have to have access to the settings on the dns server that holds your domain. Is hazardnet.net your domain, or is that the domain for your registrar's/host's dns?
I'm not sure what you need to do with them... I use registerfly.com for all of my domain names. They have dns's for you to use, and a webbased interface to setup your domains on the dns. It's very easy to use, and you have full access to all of your settings. You might want to check with your registrar to see if they have something similar.
hazardnet.net is the domain i purchased heres a screen shot maybe it will help?
and i think it SHOULD work the way i have it set up, because my neighbor put in, a few days ago ns1.hazardnet.net and my ip and he said that he got to my site from it a few times, and he did, i have the logs showing it.. but it only worked for him, now.. i dont know if it started working, he got it, then it stopped working or it has something to do with him setting it? i'm confooosed.
I had this same problem when I was first getting started. I thought that I could just have the domain "point" to my ip. Unfortunetly that is not how it works.
Twilson has already covered the techincal explanation. There is a simplified program for setting up a DNS server, and even that is a LARGE pain to get working correctly, especially if you don't have 2 extra dedicated servers lying around.
My solution?
I got an account at hypermart.net (which I was using anyways for a merchant account anyways) and I had it redirect to my account, this was easy since they support php, and when you don't use the <title><head>or<body> tags on a page, they don't even require that you use a popup.
Sometimes, a good work around is all you need 
I hope I helped somewhat
Oh, yeah, that won't work unless you're actually running a DNS server yourself. You need to set your name servers to a dns that will hold your domain info. Registerfly has their own name servers, like I said in my previous post... so I use dns1.name-services.com, dns2.name-services.com, etc.
no i accually want the domain going directly to me and if you dont want any popups at hypermart, or almost anywhere else for that matter... heres a secrect shhh, dont tell anyone its my secret 
just put <noembed> tag after the </html> tag
Originally posted by coditoergosum
Oh, yeah, that won't work unless you're actually running a DNS server yourself. You need to set your name servers to a dns that will hold your domain info. Registerfly has their own name servers, like I said in my previous post... so I use dns1.name-services.com, dns2.name-services.com, etc.
so then why could he get to my site?
heres the log proving it:
12.85.168.35
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
Date/Time: The current date is: Sun 12/01/2002
Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy) 12.85.168.35: [url]http://ns1.hazardnet.net/index.php:80[/url]
defy all logic? lol 
Didn't he type in the IP address?
That's how I'm able to get there, by typing the domain i get errors.
what i'm saying is, he added the name server to the list, and when he typed in the address... ns1.hazardnet.net, he was able to get to my site, ..look at the log on my last post
Umm... when I click the link in your previous post I get errors.
DNS, and how domain names work in general, is a rather simple concept. You register your domain name with a registrar. Your registrar tells other dns servers in the world what dns to look for when trying to find your site. Now, once you get to the dns that has your domain info, then it tell you where to go to find the actual site. Your site, and the DNS server will be completely different... unless, like I said before, you're running a domain name server from your home machine (which I highly doubt, since this would only be something a very experienced user would do).
That being said, here is a screen shot of the settings for one of my domain names, http://gagon.net: screen grab.
GAHHH, i know that!!! would you please read my posts COMPLETELY, i know your just helping, and that you dont have to but this is getting frustrating...
what i was saying wasit worked a Few times for him, and sometimes it didnt, it worked about 5 times for him, hes on 56k, and the first time he was on, he went to it once and it worked, then the next time he got on, he went to it about 5 times, sometimes it worked, some times not..
SOO, what i'm saying is.. WHY DID IT WORK FOR HIM...
Well, that truly is bizaar that it actually worked. It's possible that your server is trying to function as a dns (I'm guessing maybe you're running 2k server, and enabled dns server)... how your machine got your domain info, I don't know.
and i think it SHOULD work the way i have it set up, because my neighbor put in, a few days ago ns1.hazardnet.net and my ip and he said that he got to my site from it a few times, and he did, i have the logs showing it.. but it only worked for him, now.. i dont know if it started working, he got it, then it stopped working or it has something to do with him setting it? i'm confooosed.
No, it shouldn't actually work that way. It sounds like the only way he got to your site was by your IP.
You need to give more, detailed info, to really know what's going on.
I can tell you this though, without having an in-depth understanding of DNS, I wouldn't attempt to run one. I have ran one before, and they can be a bitch to configure correctly... not to mention a resource/bandwidth hog.
yes, win 2k server, IIS 5.0, and i dont believe i have DSN setup on it.. wanna tell me how? i doubt i have it up
If you don't know whether or not you're using it... then you shouldn't be using it.
You need to figure out how to set it up with your registrar (I'm assuming they have dns servers you can use).
k anyways, all i know is i have it set to obtain the DNS Server address automattically.
