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

[Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ky-

I have found no draw back to running your own DNS.

1) You have the access and ability to edit and change the DNS at any time.
2) You will be able to host more than 1 domain per IP address (name based
virtual hosting).

When you first receive your RaQ2 from DigitalNation (DN) they have it named
COB###.dn.net

You want to change this to whatever your main domain is. For this example we
will use the server name:
Hostname: www
Domain: testing.com

Also in order to run your own DNS you will need two IP addresses, 1 for your
Primary DNS server and 1 for the Secondary DNS.
**Although it is not recommended to run both the primary and secondary DNS
servers from the same server it does not matter if you have the Secondary DNS on
the same server as the website is hosted. Since if that server goes down your
site will be down no matter what because your HTTPD (web) service and Primary
DNS are both located on the machine.

For this exampe the two IP addresses are:
1.1.1.1
1.1.1.2

And your main site (www.testing.com) has been assigned to IP address 1.1.1.1

You will then want to go to:
Control Panel >> DNS Services "Parameters"

Select testing.com from the Pull Down menu.

Now for this purpose the two nameservers we want to create are ns0.testing.com
and ns1.testing.com

1) Select from the Pull down menu - Add Address (A) Record
2) Uncheck the Box for Automatic Reverse Address Record Generation
3) Hostname = ns0
4) Domain = testing.com
5) IP address = 1.1.1.1
Select Update List - Now you have created your Primary DNS server

To create Secondary:
1) Select from the Pull down menu - Add Address (A) Record
2) Uncheck the Box for Automatic Reverse Address Record Generation
3) Hostname = ns1
4) Domain = testing.com
5) IP address = 1.1.1.2
Select Update List then Select Save Changes to DNS Server

Now go to Control Panel >> Network (Up top)

1) Write Down the IP address that is currently in the Primary Nameserver text
box.
2) Place your main IP address in the text box as the Primary Nameserver (1.1.1.1
for this example).
3) Replace the Secondary Nameserver section with the IP address that you just
wrote down or what was the Primary.
4) Select "Save Changes"

Now when you register your nameservers with Network Solutions you will register:

ns0.testing.com with an IP of 1.1.1.1
ns1.testing.com with an IP of 1.1.1.2

Now when you create a virtual site on the RaQ2 you will go into DNS service.
Create an A Record for the domain with and without the "www" as the hostname.
Do not keep the box checked unless that domain is only domain on the IP address.

Once the domain completes propagation with NSI then you domain will resolve to
your RaQ2 without you having to contact DN.

Hope this helps you and anyone else with a similar question. As it will work
with any RaQ2 and not just ones hosted by DN.

    -Dennis


Ky Luong wrote:

> Hi Dennis,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Is there any drawback on running my own DNS service? Just wondering because
> I am new to this (DNS). Still I would like to run my own DNS and love to
> lean new things. Could you please guide me through this.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give out!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 11:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Digital Nation DNS confusion NEED HELP PLEASE!
>
> >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.
> >>
> >> www.dqn.org
> >> KeyID 0x4EDD34B7 DH/DSS
> >>
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