Using GoDaddy but hosting it at home. Port Problem

Posted by Avaya on July 16, 2010 at 4:12am

I have a domain I purchased though GoDaddy.com (http://domainBBB.com). I configured my home server to run drupal on port 81. How do I get my domain http://domainBBB.com to point to my home server on port 81?

I already have a different GoDaddy domain (http://domainAAA.com) pointing to the default port 80 and it works. I'm able to load http://domainAAA.com and it loads my pages from my home server.

I have checked my router's port forwarding and it works (meaning http://xx.xx.xxx.xxx:81 loads up the proper Apache VirtualHost directory).

I just don't know where in GoDaddy's panel that I configure it to point to a different port.

Any help is appreciated.

Comments

Just a shot in the dark, but

Posted by coreyp_1 on July 16, 2010 at 4:45am

Just a shot in the dark, but are you able to add the port to the end of the IP in Godaddy?

- Corey
http://www.thefreecollege.com

RESOLVED

Posted by Avaya on July 16, 2010 at 10:29pm

Login to GoDaddy
go to Domains
click on "Advanced Details" for the domain to modify
Click "forward" > "Forward Domain"
click "edit"
Enter your IP with the port- e.g. http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:81
click "Advanced Options"
select "Forward with Masking"
ok out

"I forgot my pen"

Curious questions ........

Posted by david25 on July 26, 2010 at 3:52pm

What happens if your home IP address changes. ( can it? )
Does your ISP guarantee that your IP will remain static .. ?

How good is the speed for external users who visit your website .. is bandwidth an issue when hosting from home?

Yes your home IP can change.

Posted by Avaya on July 27, 2010 at 1:20am

Yes your home IP can change. From what I understand about my ISP, it rarely changes. At which point, I'll update that information in GoDaddy.com.

Speed? Wow! Let me put it this way: GoDaddy (SlowDaddy) sucked for hosting Drupal and Wordpress (maybe others had different experiences). At home I'm using an older Dell I picked out of the rubbish and installed linux on it; the machine only has 512mb ram and 80gb hard drive, out performs both GoDaddy and iPower (iPowerWeb) in speed for both Drupal and Wordpress.

"I forgot my pen"

May be self-hosting is the

Posted by david25 on July 27, 2010 at 5:22pm

May be self-hosting is the next mantra. One can get a very powerful machine these days for a fairly decent price.

Do you have DSL / Cable / Fios at home ?

Cable

Posted by Avaya on July 27, 2010 at 9:50pm

Cable

"I forgot my pen"

Thanks .. I will try this

Posted by david25 on August 3, 2010 at 8:08pm

Thanks .. I will try this myself sometime.