Re: [cobalt-users] DNS on the RAQ3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TrooperPX@xxxxxxx wrote:

>         I am setting up a RAQ3.  I have one IP address.  I will be hosting 17
> sites.  I have created the "virtual sites" as in the pdf manual.  I have used
> ftp to upload content.  My ISP is handling the Secondary DNS, and has given
> me the name and numbers to provide Network Solutions when I transfer off my
> old ISP.  However, I have the "Base IP"... but no name for it.
> 
>         Question:  How do I "name" my RAQ3?  What "name" do I use in
> conjunction with the Base IP.

You can name it anything you wan't.  It's typically a machine name, and
I don't host anything on the main site.  You can use your name, one of
your kid's names, etc.

Be sure to have both a DNS record in the domain for it, and be sure that
you or your ISP (whoever is hosting your reverse DNS) has a record for
IP# pointing back to it.

>         Question:  Do I have to pick one of my Virtual Sites to be "the
> man"... to represent the server and act as a gateway for the Virtual Sites.

No.

>         Question:  Do I have to set up DNS for each Virtual Site?

If your ISP isn't doing your primary DNS, then yes, you do.

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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