RE: [OT] Server DNS setup

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess the main thing to bear in mind - is that if you use 123reg DNS
services, and your web host makes a change to a server, you will manually
have to change the DNS entries which can then take some time to propagate.

So, if like happened to me recently, your host changes your server without
telling you, you can be off-line for a day or two whilst you realise what's
happened and then wait for the modifications you then make to propagate.

That's how I understand it anyway!

Paul.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nigel
Giddings
Sent: 03 April 2006 18:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Server DNS setup

Ho Yin,

from the 123reg Control Panel

Use the Manage Domain option (Modify Domain)

Then Manage DNS


Set an 'A' record for your website

For example if you use www then

www - A - ip address

in my case www - A - 80.176.92.1922

you can also use other A records such as 'photos' as in
http://photos.corbenic.co.uk

MX records are for mail... create an A record to point to your mail
server such as mail.yoururl.co.uk

Then put mail.yoururl.co.uk. as the mx record with a value of say 10
(the last '.' in the setting is important....

Let us know if this makes any sense.

A good tool for testing is nslookup which you can get to from the
command prompt on your PC, this will verify what your DNS used by your
PC/Network is returning for a particular URL

HTH

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Monaghan [mailto:ha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 April 2006 17:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Server DNS setup

In the 123-reg panel, select the change nameservers option and enter the
ns1... ns2... This will keep you domain under your control (via
123-reg),
but will allow the actual DNS values held to be updated by the control
panel
of your new host.

Simple :)

> Having a problem working out how to adjust my DNS hosting
> settings so that my registered domain name points to the
> correct server!
>
> Currently using 123-reg.co.uk
>
> It asks for A, Cname and TXT records
>
> and MX records.
>
> My host gives DNS
>
> ns1...
> ns2...
>
> Could someone advise me as to what goes where?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ho yin