PRACTICAL DNS QUESTION

Barry Margolin barmar at bbnplanet.com
Wed Aug 25 14:39:08 UTC 1999


In article <19990824074450.7152.qmail at hotmail.com>,
Matt Kaz <mk71 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>This is a question on sthg I do not understand.
>I have just setup my own DNS on a linux 6.0 using named. Locally it works 
>fine. No error
>messages and nslookup tests at least.
>
>I would like to know what is the next. I figured I should register my DNS 
>host with
>networksolutions? And then I will be able to define myself as primary and 
>secondary DNS? (I have
>2 ips setup)

Correct.

>I am waiting 4rth day today, and I am not sure if it is going to work. I do 
>not understand why
>would network solutions want a domain name for a DNS server (as opposed to 
>only ip).

Because delegation records in DNS point to hostnames.  You then look up the
address of that host.

>Please let me know if registering a host with networksolutions.com with 
>existing ip, running
>named is enough to get a DNS going. I gave a domain name that I had which 
>was not served by any
>DNS.

It should be.  Just follow all the directions on their web page and you
should be fine.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
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