sub domain help

[thespazz]

Hello, I am starting a webserver for my site, and a few friends sites, I purchased a server new, and am getting a cable internet connection. One of the question I havnt been able to answer so far is how do I host sub domains, such as example.example.com. I am using IIS 6.0. I am not that new to web development, I am puting the finishing touches on my 5th personal website, but I am verry new to web hosting. Thanks for your help

[Xoc]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, thespazz!

To host more than one site, which includes third level domains, you need a server edition of windows. Windows 2000 server, or Windows 2003 server. These allow you to host as many sites as you want. The professional versions of Windows only allow you to host one site.

[thespazz]

I am running the evaulation of '03 enterprise edition, how do I set this up?

[sharbel]

In the IIS MMC create a new web-site, point to the directory that it resides in etc, then click the Advanced button on the Web Site tab. In II6 it will say something about multiple identities, click add, then put the internal IP of your server, port(80 usually), then the host header. The host-header is the sub-domain name.. so you can have example.example.com.. or example2.example.com.

[thespazz]

I havnt registered my domain name yet, is there a way to test if it is working based on the IP address or the computer name?

[mattglet]

no, there is not a way to test it without your domain name. you must register your domain name, point the domain to your dns servers, and then try it.

-Matt

[Xoc]

Yes there is. Edit the hosts file, c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Add a line:

127.0.0.1 www.domain.com

Take it out after dns is working. 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address, meaning go to the local machine. If you have it on a different machine, place the IP address of the other machine there.