[SOLVED] How to make my own domain name for free at home

[Mohammed3546]

i want to make my own domain name at home bcz i don't want to pay just to use .com (mostly doing it for fun), how do i do it at home (i'm new to this stuff so i may sound stupid)

 

[rgd1101]

at home? and use within your own network?

 

[Mohammed3546]

at home? and use within your own network?

at home, no outside the network, maybe using it for a minecraft server, maybe for a website idk

 

[bill001g]

All you need is a DNS server and you can do what ever you like in your house. You can even steal domains and redirect them to your internal servers.

The key is only INSIDE your house. Any machine on the internet can not see your DNS and there is no way for you to get your DNS server linked to the internet unless you get actual register domains which cost lots of money and you must follow lots of rules.

 

[beers]

which cost lots of money and you must follow lots of rules.

Disagree when you can register a new domain for $5 or less and roll a free nameserver.

But yes otherwise if you roll your own internal DNS server you can make records for whatever you want within your own internal network.

 

[bill001g]

Disagree when you can register a new domain for $5 or less and roll a free nameserver.

Maybe I should have been more clear. I meant actually linking a actual dns server to ISP dns server. This allows you to set any of the DNS fields anyway you want and not be restricted by the hosting companies. It is something a large company would do but most people need just simple registration.

 

[beers]

It is something a large company would do but most people need just simple registration.

That doesn't sound very relevant to the OP, my man.

 

[kanewolf]

i want to make my own domain name at home bcz i don't want to pay just to use .com (mostly doing it for fun), how do i do it at home (i'm new to this stuff so i may sound stupid)

You have to pay something. I would rather pay a little bit of $$$ than the potential privacy risk that you get from most "free" things. There are low cost domains -- godaddy is registering .us domains for a dollar -- https://www.godaddy.com/tlds/us-domain