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

["Ky Luong" <mage@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dennis,

This is what I did, could you check it if I did it right. Thanks.

Site Management

Add Virtual Site
Result: www.ienc.com with IP 216.167.12.216
Is this correct? Thanks.


Next
Control Panel -> DNS service
Add A Record(s)
Result:
ienc.com  ->  216.167.12.216
ns1.ienc.com  ->  216.167.12.216
ns2.ienc.com  ->  216.167.12.216
www.ienc.com  ->  216.167.12.216

All with Automatic Reverse Address Record Generation uncheck/disable.
Is this correct? Thanks.


Next
Control Panel -> Network
Cobalt Server Name: ienc
Domain Name: ienc.com
Primary DNS Server Address: 216.167.12.216
Secondary DNS Server Address: 216.167.12.220

Is it all right to put ienc in the Cobalt Server Name or do I have to change
it to ns1?
Is this correct? Thanks.


Next

Went to NetSol http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/makechanges/itts/host
and did ns1.ienc.com for the host name field. Did another form for
ns2.ienc.com.
Is this correct? Thanks.


Thanks for the help!



-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Digital Nation DNS confusion NEED HELP PLEASE!


>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