Re: [cobalt-users] Digital Nation DNS confusion NEED HELP PLEASE!

[Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ky-

Are you going to be running the Primary and Secondary DNS from your RaQX or are
you going to be requesting DigitalNation to provide DNS services for you?
Basically if you are doing namebased virtual hosting then you will have to run
DNS as DN will only provide one DNS record per IP address.

If you are going to be running your own DNS you did not set it up correctly as
you can not use DN's IP addresses because you are unable to run DNS from your
RaQX using their DNS.

If you are using their DNS it looks like you did it correctly, but I am not sure
since I run my own DNS. Just note that you do not need the Reverse DNS entries
because the two IP addresses you reference for your DNS servers are not assigned
to your server.

We use DigitalNation for our RaQ2s and if you are going to be using your RaQX
for DNS services let me know and I will guide you through the process. It is
very simple acutally, but I learned the hard way.

    Best Regards,
        Dennis

Ky Luong wrote:

> Digital Nation has one of the worst support page I have seen in a long time.
> My problem is with their DNS. What I want is to have ns1.ienc.com and
> ns1.ienc.com Not ns1.dn.net and ns2.dn.net as the DNS in NetSol.
>
> Original Config:
>
> Cobalt Server Name: COB320
> Domain Name: dn.net
> Primary DNS Server Address:  207.153.201.5
> Secondary DNS Server Address: 206.43.192.76
>
> The Change:
>
> First I assume that I need to change my cobalt server name and domain name.
> I did what they ask under "Changing the system's hostname" in
> http://support.dedicatedserver.com/cobaltfaq.html
>
> Change:
> Cobalt server name: ienc
> Domain Name: ienc.com
> The rest I left alone as mention in the page.
>
> Now I go to their Cobalt DNS in
> http://support.dedicatedserver.com/cobaltdns.html and this is where the
> confusion began. First it told me to do a ""dummy" virtual site which uses
> your nameserver IP address."
>
> Change:
> Made a virtual site with ip.
>
> Hostname: ns1.ienc.com
> IP: 207.153.201.5
> I assume from the support page that I need to point it at the Primary DNS
> Server Address from the the original ip config.
>
> I did the same thing on the Secondary DNS Server Address.
>
> Change:
> Made a virtual site with ip.
>
> Hostname: ns2.ienc.com
> IP: 206.43.192.76
>
> I assume that it should point to the same Secondary DNS Server Address they
> gave me.
>
> Next I went to control panel > Domain Name Service (DNS) Server and did what
> the support page told me to do
> http://support.dedicatedserver.com/cobaltdns.html.
>
> When every thing is done it look like this.
> ns1.ienc.com  ->  207.153.201.5
> ns2.ienc.com  ->  206.43.192.76
> 207.153.201.5/24  ->  ns1.ienc.com
> 206.43.192.76/24  ->  ns2.ienc.com
>
> Now I gone to NetSol and fill out the host form and sumited it. Did I do it
> right? Is just don't feel right that I am using dn.net IP address for my
> Primary DNS Server Address and Secondary DNS Server Address. But in the
> http://support.dedicatedserver.com/cobaltfaq.html under "Changing the
> system's hostname" it told me not to change it. Do I need to email mail them
> of the change? It did not mention in the support page so I assume that it is
> not needed.
>
> Very Confuse
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
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