On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 03:49:20 +0000, tHatDudeUK wrote:


> "wesley" <w_olandat@yahoodot.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.02.01.03.35.12.541697@yahoodot.com.. .
>> 1. The company you registered your domain with should provide a way for
>> you to change and update your A, C and MX records and authorative DNS
>> servers. You should use the DNS servers they provide unless you have a
>
> Many thanks for your reply. The above bit is the one I'm most worried
> about. I think I have seen that someone has got ukreg.com to use their
> IP address so I guess they must do more than simply allow you to change
> the DNS servers. I guess my next step is to approach UK reg and ask
> them... Why can't someone make this all easy :-)

Here's an example; I have a couple of web sites through register.com. They
provide a nice web-based "Domain Manager" interface that allows you to
change the noted items (and handle some other chores.)

When you register a domain through them, they automatically assign you one
of their IP addresses and give you a small web page area to build in. I
simply changed my A/C/MX records from their IP to mine and left their DNS
servers as authorative.

Example, when you change the A record on an existing web site to a new
server, there may be other DNS servers out there with the old address. The
"authorative DNS server" is the one that is presumed to have the most
up-to-date, correct IP address, so it is the one used if two DNS servers
disagree. It normally takes about 24 hours for any change in the records
to ripple through the internet so that all DNS servers have the correct IP
for your web site.



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