[cobalt-users] RE: Free DNS services... that updates fast.

["Nicolae" <nicolaep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just saw this and thought I might input (not advertise) a site
I use.  I know some say that DNS on Cobalt4 might be a security issue
or more headaches?

I use www.mydomain.com as to handling my DNSes as you would use
register.com.

I like the service because within 2 minutes the changes take effect.
that is 2 minutes or tops 5 minutes and not 20 hours or 52 hours.

I don't know if that's a plus or a negative but I like their features.
They also support MX, Ip Forward, Redirect, Redirect Stealth and
lots and lots of sudomains, subdomains of subdomains and more.
Emails, well too many to list.  

Hint: Don't use their Stealth Redirect because I've lost few
business leads because I gave them a shorter domain name than
my actual one and the site didn't show up or some issue like that
especially when you Redirect Stealth.  I use it for DNS and MX only.

Ou, the + on this is, if you are hosting a site for someone and
keep your isp provider 'semi-hidden' you can have your:
ns1.mydomain.com
ns2.mydomain.com

I like this only because of the timming. If a site crashes I redirect
it to a 2nd server within minutes and not 24 or 48 hours.

--
Nicolae

> >   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!
> >
> Ok, I'll try that, went into SOA, created ns1.domain.net and 
> ns2.domain.net and saved it. edited my A records to point to 
> (ns1) xx.xx.xx.26 and (ns2) xx.xx.xx.27 and saved it.
> 
> Went to netsol, changed my dns info to ns1.domain.net 
> xx.xx.xx.26 and ns2.domain.net xx.xx.xx.27.
> 
> Should that work? After the 24 to 72 hour wait that is.
> 
> Thanks for everyone's help.
> 
> Bob G.
>