I have a DSL account with Ameritech (SBC) and I had been using it for about 1 year before I obtained my own Domain Name. I purchased my Domain Name through http://www.domainalchemy.com/new_files/index.htm for $15/year. They allow me to configure where I would like my email to be forwarded to and an address (URL) for my Web Page. I purchased a "3 Com Home Ethernet" Router for $50 from Tiger Direct. I have 2 computers and I use 1 computer as my Server and my 2nd computer for doing interactive work and play stuff. The Router is great because I don't lose my IP address now when I have to reboot either computer! My next problem was the fact that my DSL connection holds an IP address for several days/weeks at a time but I do not have a static IP address and I wanted to automate everything so that my computer recognizes when my IP address changes and updates a pointer (Re-Director) for it. For this problem, I found a free Dynamic IP Posting program called Keep Me Posted that actually works specifically with several DSL Routers. http://www.elegantlogic.com/KeepMePosted/Default.htm Because it took some time for everything to filter through when my IP address changed (when I updated it at www.domainalchemy.com), I found a free Web Page service that supported FTP and the Dynamic IP Posting program and I post a "Re-directing" html page there when my IP address changes. Here is the sample template that I use to force an immediate "Redirect" to my Dynamic IP address. <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Author" content="Your Name here "> <meta name="GENERATOR" content=""> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Home Page for Your Name Here"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="blah blah blah"> <title>Home Page for John Henry Miller</title> </head> <body> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://%ipaddress_r%"> </html> I am using Windows 98SE so the next thing I needed was a free Web Serverer and a free FTP Server, For a Web Server I found, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/windows.html For a FTP Server I found "GuildFTP" at, http://www.nitrolic.com/ I am still searching for a good free "Mail Server" and eventually a "Video" and "Audio" Server but everything seems to be working great with what I have now. Good Luck. John PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml