How to set up a subdomain?

Hi All,

I have a couple of IIS 5 questions (that are probably simple, but I
can't seem to phrase them in the way the Microsoft site is expecting):

1) In a domain name such as portal.alviani.com, what is "portal"
normally referred to as? I've always called it a subdomain, but that
doesn't seem to be the usual term. Makes searching difficult if you
don't know how to ask the question

2) In IIS 5, how do I set up an arrangement such as portal.alviani.com?
Is tinkering with the DNS also required?

Thanks in advance for answering obvious noobie questions...

Frank Alviani

Hello,

1) Sub-domain can be used.
2) First of all, you must configure the DNS-server, so it knows what machine
will take care of portal.alviani.com. It is the same with <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.alviani.com," target="_blank">www.alviani.com,</a>
that is also a sub-domain that is configured in the DNS server. There is
really no difference between www and portal, except for the name, and that
www is somewhat a standard for a webserver.

Then, depending on if you have other websites running on the machine that
will take care of portal.alviani.com, you have to configure host headers (or
run them on different ports).

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"Frank Alviani" <frank DeleteThis @alviani.com> wrote in message
news:frank-32ED04.08234414122003@dsl081-159-101.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net...
 > Hi All,
 >
 > I have a couple of IIS 5 questions (that are probably simple, but I
 > can't seem to phrase them in the way the Microsoft site is expecting):
 >
 > 1) In a domain name such as portal.alviani.com, what is "portal"
 > normally referred to as? I've always called it a subdomain, but that
 > doesn't seem to be the usual term. Makes searching difficult if you
 > don't know how to ask the question
 >
 > 2) In IIS 5, how do I set up an arrangement such as portal.alviani.com?
 > Is tinkering with the DNS also required?
 >
 > Thanks in advance for answering obvious noobie questions...
 >
 > Frank Alviani<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->