Hello folks,

I just configured my webserver (apache, XAMPP) and used port mapping (I have a router). I use port 8080 (80 is blocked by my ISP).

I would like to register a free domain, and link it to my web server.

http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en (I register www.xxxx.tk) has to be linked to http://xx.xx.x.xx:8080/

The problem is that I can't find a company (like the .TK company) that accepts other ports than 80. Adding *:8080 isn't possible...

Has anybody an idea how to fix this issue?

BTW: I'm using Slackware 12 on a Dell Vostro Laptop

There's nothing to fix. domain names have *nothing* to do with port numbers**. Whilst they are written close together they relate to very different technologies. You can not make a dns entry magically redirect you to a port number, it's just not the way it works. You'd need to have a web server elsewhere on port 80 send an http redirect back to the client with the alternative hostname on it. Off hand, I've no knowledge of a free service which will do that, but I expect they do exist somewhere. There may also be some confusion around your use of the word "linked". This isn't a phrase used, so I've had to assumed you mean a redirect, but I could be wrong, maybe you want frames in your web site or something instead. Whichever though, DNS isn't relevant to this.

** Well to be honest you can do freaky things with TXT fields and such, but it's not something that's going to help you.

@Chris

Thanks for replying. I understand how webservers, ports, etc. work. Maybe my explanation was a bit confusing.

This is what I want to do:

Register a free domain name (for now) which refers to my webserver. Normally when you register @ http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en , you enter your website and that's it.

Since I have to add *:8080 to my URL, this creates a problem. I guess their regular expressions don't allow that kind of strings.

tcp port 80 is the IANA-specified port for http. So you're going to need to accept port 80 requests and redirect them yourself to 8080. (Or tell all your users to suffix the hostname with :8080.)