Name server to IP address

[Kevin Darcy]

What's the name of the domain?


- Kevin

Avery Brooks wrote:

> I did all the steps, and when you do an nslookup you can see the IP address.
> When you do a dig, it looks ok.  When you do a host it points to the right
> place.  When you type: ns1.domain.com into a search on nsiregistry.com it
> doesn't see it.  Why do you think that is?
>
> Avery
>
> Kevin Darcy wrote:
>
> > In order to create a "ns1.mydomain.com" name which is visible to the world
> > in general, you need to (not necessarily in chronological order):
> >
> > 1) Register the mydomain.com domain through a commercial registry
> >
> > 2) Define mydomain.com as a "type master" zone on your nameserver (i.e. in
> > named.conf)
> >
> > 3) Set up the mydomain.com zone file, containing the ns1.mydomain.com entry
> >
> > 4) Arrange for at least one other server to be a slave for your domain, for
> > redundancy. The "com" domain requires that you have at least 2 nameservers.
> >
> > If you're just setting this up internally, then omit step #1.
> >
> > There are various online resources describing how to do all of this. See,
> > for example, http://www.dns.net/dnsrd. For a more comprehensive guide to
> > DNS and BIND, get a copy of the _DNS_and_BIND_ O'Reilly book, currently in
> > Fourth Edition.
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > Marty Van Luyn wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Guys,
> > >
> > > I feel very embarrassed asking this question, because I know most people
> > > will laugh at this "newbie" question, but hear goes anyway.
> > >
> > > How do I setup a name server like "named" (which is running as a daemon
> > > on a single machine), to a particular IP address.  eg)
> > > ns1.mydomain.com     IN    A    192.168.0.1  (local or external IP
> > > address)
> > >
> > > I guess that I need to get another IP address from my ISP but I am not
> > > sure how or what script to modify, and above all else what to put in
> > > this config file.
> > >
> > > Many thanks for your patience.
> > >
> > > Marty Van Luyn