By Philip Churchill on August 26th, 2008
Registering a Domain Name Within MediaSmart Server
OK, you have a HP MediaSmart Server and you wish to have your own domain name like ILoveMyWindowsHomeServer.com or WHSIsCool.com (you get the picture!). Then MediaSmartHome.com has a great tutorial on what you need to do by showing you how to register a domain name with TZO.COM via the WHS console.
You can read it here.
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Really nice feature.
BTW. one question: I am planning on custom building my own WHS-box (I HATE computers bought from a store or major manufacturer), and would really like to use this feature. So the question is: Can I, and if yes how/where, use this on a non-HP WHS?
Same here – will this work with a non-HP WHS box?
No, it will only work with HP boxes, they have a special version of WHS that allows you to use a TZO domain.(with secure certificate) Looks like a deal between HP and TZO
I have a different domain but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to register it with WHS. (There must be a manual way to do it through Administrative tools) So for now I’m using Dyndns to route to my server, but no secure certificate.
(Secure logons (HTTPS) get an error that you have to click by to access) DynDns certificates are just too expensive for a small home server with family photos etc