Win200 server help??
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DNS isn't set up in Apache, DNS is it's own server. You can find plenty of DNS server utilities for Windows and Linux on the web.
Apache simply talks with DNS to resolve name -> IP issues.
Second, your provider will give you a static IP. You can't create and IP.
You can use private class IP's that Routers supply to users (i.e. 192...) but you still have to have the static to be seen 'online'.
The Oriely DNS/Bind book is a great resource.
You can find loads of information online by searching for "dns/bind" in google.
To find out your IP, on Windows, just open up a DOS Command line and type "ipconfig /all" (for XP, WIN2K).
On Linux you can use "ifconfig" or "netcfg" (not sure about the latter, though). "ifconfig" is also used to set your network identity on the NIC interface.
Example:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.130 upwould set your NIC card to use IP 192.168.1.130 and then (up) amke it active.