How to setup static ip web server

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I seem to have a problem with accessing domains hosted on my home web server.  If I use my static ip address I can access the server with no problem but if I set plusnetid.plus.com as the dns server for a domain name with my domain registrar there seem to be no dns records and of course I am therefore unable to access the domains on my server.

Have I misunderstood something about how this is supposed to work?

[#2]

You need to have a DNS server which has a record with your domain name associated with your static IP address - does your domain registrar offer a DNS service?

[#3]

but if I set plusnetid.plus.com as the dns server for a domain name with my domain registrar there seem to be no dns records and of course I am therefore unable to access the domains on my server.

@thelookoutiow that's not what you need to do. Leave the DNS (nameservers) as they were. You need to create A records, using your DNS control panel provided by your registrar) to point to your static IP. As a minimum you will need a 'www' A record to access your web server

[#4]

That's great - many thanks.  I now have an A record for the domain that apparently points to  EE Limited (using dnschhecker.org) but I can't ping the domain name successfully or access the domain using its URL.  It's odd as just pinging or using the IP address in the browser works fine.

[#5]

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@thelookoutiow wrote:

I seem to have a problem with accessing domains hosted on my home web server.

Are you trying to access your home web server from inside or outside of your home ?

If from outside the home, then follow the advise given in previous replies.

If from inside your home, from a device on your LAN, then your firewall might be preventing access due to "NAT reflection" protection.  The firewall ideally should prevent the devices on your LAN accessing a local device/server using an external IP address or URL, because that is a common hacking method enabling DNS poisoning and other unwanted nasties, so is usually blocked.  There are ways of circumventing this !

[#6]

I'm inside ... but from outside IT WORKS!! Very many thanks.