Re: What is the "www" part of a domain name?

Let's hope I give you some insight, without sticking my foot in my mouth.
:)

The "www" is the name of the machine, or virtual machine that is hosting the
web server.  For instance, there is a difference between
http://www.microsoft.com vs. http://home.microsoft.com.

My linux consultant explained to me that if there is only 1 machine name
registered to a particular domain, the address minus the "www" will work
just fine, providing their ISP or their own name server (dns server) is
set-up and running correctly.

For my server, which runs on my kitchen counter, my dns entries should allow
you to connect to my web server by only the domain name, however, the actual
machine name is "ns1".  This means you should get the same "home page" if
you enter http://ntyc.net, http://ns1.ntyc.net, or http://www.ntyc.net.

paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Newton <c-newton(at)ihug.co.nz>
To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Date: Saturday, September 18, 1999 2:23 AM
Subject: What is the "www" part of a domain name?


>Hello All,
>Does anyone know what the story is on the www ( I know it stands for World
>Wide Web) part of a website address?
>
>I need to be able to identify particular wesite adresses ie
>http://www.name.com but am a little confused concerning the www. for
example
>sometimes I can call a site up without using the www ie http://name.com are
>these 2 sites identical url's or not. Also If I setup a domain name of
>http://www.myname.com will I also have rights to http://myname.com and vica
>versa.
>
>Many thanks
>Peter Newton
>
>

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