Domain Names (and charging)

[Temple Hoff]

JOSEPH MAXIMILLIAN MURPHY wrote:
> 
> >     Of course, they probably know about the plans, not yet widely
> >     reported, to start charging registration fees PER IP ADDRESS. If you
> >     thought paying $100 to register a whole domain was annoying, just
> >     think what would happen if you had to "register" hundreds or thousands
> >     of IP addresses.
> 
> Pardon the innocent question, but I don't follow what this means. How is
> registering an IP address any different from registering a domain? Does this
> mean paying per server (mail, WWW)... and if so, why would we have to register
> "hundreds or thousands"? Or are you suggesting paying per URL... in which case,
> it might be fairer to go with a bandwidth-related charge?
> 
> Inquiring minds want to know...
> -Joe Murphy            "Sometimes you just have to look reality in the face
> murphyj at cua.edu         and deny it."
>                            -- Garrison KeillorThis is a good question.  Registering domain names and registering IP 
addresses are entirely seperate topics.  When you regester IP addresses 
you do it in blocks or chunks of addresses called class "A", "B", or "C" 
(there is "D" too).  This is so you can assign an address to every 
computer you want to run TCP\IP or connect to the Internet.  If you also 
what to have a Web server, then you assign it one of the IP's in your 
address class. 
	At that point, people on the Internet can reach your web server 
by using the address like (http://192.166.1.1)  If you would like them to 
be able to access your web server by name, then you need to get a "domain 
name".  If you are connected to an ISP then you might be using their IP 
addresses, their domain name, or both.
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