Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Opinion

["Brandon Keim" <brandon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check these links out:

This is for setting DNS up:
http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/faqs/setupdns.shtml

This is for adding domains to your DNS:
http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/faqs/domaindns.shtml

They even include screen shots!  It's hard to go wrong with that!

Thanks,
Brandon Keim @ RaQ Zone Team
http://www.raqzone.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Cathouse Central E-mail Facility" <thecathouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Opinion


> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the info.  I'm still not comfortable enough as an administrator
> to run the DNS off my machine, one step at a time y'know.  However I did
go
> to centralinfo and am taking advantage of their free DNS service which
> seems to suit my needs just fine.
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Howard Pressburger
> Montreal, Qc, Canada
>
>
>
> At 10:48 PM 9/1/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >I have a RAQ3 and I use the rack as the primary DNS , which seems to work
> >fine . I registered a new domain and the registrar I used allowed me to
> >create a new nameserver ... which I called ns1.mydomain.com which points
to
> >the RAQ's IP address.
> >
> >As a secondary DNS - I use the free service of
http://www.centralinfo.net
> >
> >The great thing is - it doesent cost anything at all..
> >
> >Steve Bassi
> >London UK
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "The Cathouse Central E-mail Facility" <thecathouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:51 PM
> >Subject: [cobalt-users] DNS Opinion
> >
> >
> > > Long time reader, first time poster  so here goes.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to figure out the best solution for DNS for my needs.  I
have a
> > > RaQ3i at a remote location where I lease racking services and
> > > bandwidth.  On the one machine I plan to host up to 200 sites and so
I've
> > > got a deal with a registrar for bulk discounts on domain names.  I've
> >tried
> > > a few different approaches to DNS management with varying degrees of
> > > satisfaction/success, whichever I choose I want to commit to for at
least
> >a
> > > year.  I'm trying to keep my overhead low so buying another machine to
act
> > > as the DNS server is not feasible at this point.
> > >
> > > I'm curious to find what others in  similar situations are doing.
Neither
> > > the rackers nor the registrars seem to be able to handle DNS that
don't
> > > point to their own machines.  I've looked at DNS management services
but
> > > they charge around $25-50 per DNS per year.  I've also looked at The
> >Public
> > > DNS service (soa.granitecanyon.com) but there seems to be an ethical
> > > question about using this service for commercial sites.
> > >
> > > Is it worth setting up the DNS service on my RaQ considering the use
it's
> > > going to get full of (small) web sites?  Any other solutions out
there?
> > > Your feedback is important to me so any response no matter how
depressing
> > > will be read and well considered.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Howard
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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