Customer Support 0845 355 3000
support@clara.net
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Primary DNS | 195.8.69.7 |
Secondary DNS | 195.8.69.12 |
POP Mail Server |
pop.clara.net |
SMTP Mail Gateway |
relay.clara.net |
NNTP News Server |
news.clara.net |
E-Mail Address |
username@clara.co.uk |
Home Page |
http://home.clara.net |
FTP Server | home.clara.net |
IP Address ; Gateway | Dynamically allocated |
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Primary and Secondary DNS
DNS stands for "Domain Name Server"
or "Domain Name System". Domains are what we call the friendly Internet addresses
that we are all so familiar with. A few
examples of domain names are clara.net, microsoft.com . A Domain Name Server
translates those friendly names into something called an IP Address, which
is the numerical equivalent for a particular domain name. There are two
Domain Name Servers so that if Primary Domain Name Server is not
functioning properly, your computer will be able to use the Secondary
server.
POP Mail Server POP
stands for "Post Office Protocol" which is a very appropriate name for an
E-Mail server. To be more specific, the mail servers we use are called
POP3 servers, which just means POP version 3. A POP3 server works much like
a real life Post Office. When someone mails you a message, it ends up at
the Post Office, or in this case a POP3 Server. The Post Office or Server
will then put that message into the correct Post Office Box, or POP Box.
The message will then stay there until you go to the Post Office and pick
it up, meaning open up a POP Mail program (for example :Outlook Express, Eudora
Light, etc) and tell it to download your messages.
SMTP Mail Gateway SMTP
stands for "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol". Unlike POP3, SMTP does not
hold or store messages indefinitely. Instead it will queue the message, or
just hold it only long enough to successfully send the message to another
server. Because the SMTP server does not store the message, it's usually
seen as a place that you simply send mail through, like a pipeline through
the internet. The SMTP server is the opening to that pipeline, thus why
it's called a gateway.
NNTP News Server NNTP
stands for "Network News Transfer Protocol" and is the most commonly used
protocol for Usenet Newsgroups. Newsgroups are somewhat like public
E-Mail, much like a bulletin board you'd find out in the real world. Most
anyone can "post" a message to a newsgroup for others to read and perhaps
reply to. The NNTP Server is the computer to which your computer must
connect to access these newsgroups. To get an idea of what newsgroups are
like, go to Deja.com.
E-Mail Address E-Mail is
Electronic Mail. Just like your mailing address in real life, an E-Mail
address is where people send messages to contact you. Unlike your normal
address, an E-Mail address does -not- reveal your physical location. Like
normal mail, you can contact people who are great distances away (another
city, a different state, even another country), but unlike normal mail,
you don't pay any kind of per-message postage; it's all free! You can send
a quick note to someone or a fully composed document. You can even attach
files from your computer, and it's all relatively instant!
Home Page A Home Page is
really just some Internet jargon that has a loose definition. Many people
say that their Home Page is "the first page that shows up when I start my
web browser." This can also be called a "Start Page". More specifically
however, a Home Page is just the first page that you see when you go to a
particular web site. For instance, if you went to http://www.clara.net/ you will see;our Home
Page, while; http://www.clara.net/search/search2.html will
bring you to our search page.
FTP Server FTP
stands for "File Transfer Protocol" and is the simplest way to exchange
files between computers over the Internet. FTP is commonly used to
"Upload" files from your computer to our computer (the FTP Server) to make
those files available on the web. FTP can be used through command line,
like the old days of DOS, or though a program called an "FTP Client" which
helps to simplify the process. You can find a good FTP Clients
at;www.cuteftp.com or take a
look at;collection; software avaliable for download at www.tucows.com.
IP Address; Gateway, Dynamically
allocated IP stands for "Internet
Protocol". When you dial into our service and establish an Internet
connection, we automatically assign you a unique number called an IP
Address. This number can be different each time you connect, so this
process of assigning an IP Address is referred to as "Dynamically
allocating." With dynamic allocation, you do not need to manually enter an
IP Address in this field, as everything is set automatically for you. Once
you've connected to our service, you'll need a pipeline to the rest of the
Internet. This path is called the Gateway, and it also has an IP Address.
Our Dial-up locations may have different Gateway's with different IP
Addresses. For this reason, we also dynamically allocate the Gateway's IP
Address for you. If you want or need a static IP address these are
avaliable from us by contacting our business Services department on 0845
355 2000.
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