Name Resolution

For visitors to reach your site and see your pages, your site must have unique identification on the Internet or your local intranet. The way your site name is resolved to an address reachable by other computers depends on the name resolution system available on your network.

This section contains:

About Name Resolution: The various kinds of naming systems available, how they work, which system to choose for your situation, and rules to assign names and IP addresses to your sites.
Getting an Internet Name and Address: How to get a registered domain name on the Internet.
Verifying Your Computer Identity: Checking on your Windows NT name and IP address.

This section does not contain information on:

Steps to assign identification information to Web sites; see Naming Web Sites.