I currently use my hosting company as the nameserver, but I'm tired of paying my hosting company a huge setup and monthly fee to hosting my domains. If I setup the http.conf file and get a nameserver to associate the domain name and IP address, that's all I need to do, right?

A lot of registars do this for free. You setup DNS with them. It also allows for easy changes(you just change a IP address). I think that would be one of the best options, of course you get screwed if someones registar dosent have it.

My registrar doesn't... :(

Originally posted by RandyL712
My registrar doesn't... :(

Transfer to Namecheap.com they seem pretty good.

www.granitecanyon.com

Not for the DNS-unsavvy, since it makes you write your own entries, but it IS free. They'll do nice things like secondary DNS also.

BTW, they'd like paypal donations. :) If you use their service, it'd be nice if you'd send them a little bit of what you're saving. (I'm not affiliated with them, but it sure seems like the right thing to do.)

<edit> Oh, and I should mention www.dyndns.org. They're not free, but for $30 (ONCE, not yearly) they'll do dns for your domain. I'm using them with some static IP sites and have been VERY happy with their level of service. They have a nice interface for common and not-so-common DNS entries, too. AND you can change your domain name, IP address, etc etc at will. </edit>

Free DNS at www.mydomain.com
www.everydns.net www.zoneedit.com

I use http://www.everydns.net/ for one of my domains, and I like it. It's also very easy to use. :)