[cobalt-users] FORGET SOA DUDE | USE THE GUI LUKE!

[Grant Stern <grantstern@xxxxxxx>]

>>>I got my domain from Network Solutions, they gave me the name servers as:
>>>ns15.worldnic.com   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>>ns16.worldnic.com   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>>>
>>>Went to Server Management and DNS Settings and SOA.
>>>
>>>Entered ns15.worldnic.com as primary and ns16.worldnic.com as secondary.
>>>
>>>It has now been 4 days since I updated the SOA and saved the changes and no
>>>propagation. Have I missed something? I have looked at the archives, but
>>>just got a little more confused.


>Network solutions does not allow you to point the url at an IP.
>Their dns servers work for you temporary page that they host.  They also
>work if you buy their email or web services.
>If you want the URL to point to a different IP you have to supply a new
>primary and secondary DNS.


  As for messin with the SOA, WHY???  You've got a cobalt, the greatest newb
machine ever!  Just use em to check things when you fuck em up.

  Your cobalt runs a dns server, you just have to make an A record (use the
GUI Luke) ns1.whateveryourdomainishere.com and for good measure, ask for a
spare IP and make ns2.whateveryourdomainishere.com.

  Then you must register your name in the Netsol Hosts Files (a bitch, but
what do you expect from an expensive registrar) or buy a stargate.com domain
and do this (its much easier, cuz its all automated and short).  Then you
just type in the ns addys, and you're good to go.

  Just to make sure you didn't mess things up editing the entries yourself
(like missing periods at the end of everything).  Delete whatever domains
you created from your dns records, and remake the dns list with the GUI.

USE THE GUI LUKE!

  I don't work for stargate.com and since I'm not an affiliate, yet, and
won't make bucks by tellin y'all.   They have cheap domains and good
customer service if there's an issue.