When you first connect through your router, your IP address will be given to you from your internet service provider. It is dynamic which means that it is due to change …show more content…
The protocol part http (hypertext transfer protocol), the server name www.amozan .co.uk and the file name web-server.htm. Now the browser must communicate with a domain name server (DNS) to translate the server name into an IP address. Computers use DNS as protocol which has a set of standards and it is used for exchanging data over the internet. It can also be known as the TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol) protocol suite and it basically changes domain name (name of a website) information that we can understand into a way computers understand. This has to be done because computers do not work in letters, only in numbers, so what the computer reads will be something like 80.35.451.42. It is also how computers identify each other on networks. You must also remember that all websites are just different IP addresses. Every web page that you look at also involves packets (small files that can be sent over the internet fast). Inside each packet will be chunks of data that you need to view your requested web page. TCP/IP is what makes the chunks of data into packets then TCP/IP sends it. The TCP/IP also makes sure that you will get all the packets that are needed to gain full access to the web …show more content…
When paying someone to host your web site they can either let you pick your own domain name or you could be given one to you. If your are able to choose your domain name than the web hosting service will be a virtual web host, ones that give you subdomain name that will use their primary domain name are called non virtual web hosts. When using a non-virtual web host it will probably be free and will probably give you the simple tools to create your web pages, they also might give up to 10 MB of free space to store your web pages. These will be ok to use for personal web site but not for business web sites. On non-virtual site it is possible that will have to have advertisements on your site that you will not want. You address for the web site will not be easy to remember as well. Virtual web hosting is a much better option because it will give you a better management tools, support for you if you have problems with your site. Virtual web hosts will cost up to £20 a mount depending on where you go