Help for something that *must* be easy

[Kerry Thompson]

Rick Bruner said:
> I'm the first to admit that I am clueless on some aspects of DNS
> configuration, and I just can't figure something out.  Our domain
> is 'huntingdon.edu', and I want any web requests for that to go
> to our primary web page 'www.huntingdon.edu'.  This should be
> easy, but I just can't make it work.  What am I missing?

I expect you've been trying to create a CNAME record for huntingdon.edu like:

huntingdon.edu  IN CNAME www.huntingdon.edu

which won't work for a number of reasons. You need to create an Address
record:

huntingdon.edu IN A 64.89.124.205

Its the only way to do what you want.

Regards,
Kerry

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Kerry Thompson
IT Security Consultant
http://www.crypt.gen.nz