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After changing DNS a domain shows differently on different browser?
I have changed the nameserver's of one of my domains but I found a problem that within Firefox these changes have not updated as expected, however this problem does not occur in other browsers such as ...
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Set nameserver in WHM with VPS that has no domain name?
I have a new VPS I want to use to manage sites on. I need to set up nameservers so that I can point the domain names to the new servers. I know nameservers usually look like ns1.example.com where ...
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blah.com works, www.blah.com doesn't
I've found many a common question but unfortunately none of them really directly answered my inquiry, below is a copy paste of the info I am provided by xname.org I've replaced my .com with blah.com, ...
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Domain only forwards with external hosting
I have a domain with Namecheap and hosting with 1and1. Forwarding is no problem - domain.com goes to the right page. The problem arises when I navigate to another page on the website, when it reverts ...
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Does Google's algorithm look at a websites nameserver?
This might seem like a strange question but does Google's ranking algorithm look at what nameserver a website uses. For example, if it uses an enterprise dns provider does it rank higher?
I appear to ...
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How to begin editing sites? [closed]
I'm new to creating web-sites and I have just registered a domain name here: from Europe Registry and started trial version of hosting from: ispserver.com.
I shall connect domain and hosting somehow ...
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Domains with no name servers?
I have a few ccTLDs (.my) domains and I've just realised that there is no name servers for them at all. I wonder how that is even possible? Did the vendor whom I bought the domains from do something ...
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Private NS propagation
I have a client that asked me to move his domains to a new private server, this is my first experience on using private name servers so I am unsure if I am doing something incorrectly.
According to ...
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How to set/show nameservers as the domain name is
Assume, www.superexample.com is my domain name and ns1.somehosting.com is my nameserver. What I want is to show/set my nameservers as superexample.com or ns1.superexample.com. How? Please,don't say ...
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“NS1” and “NS2” A records suddenly required?
I have a VPS server that I host several sites on. One of the domain names I use for a site hosted on the VPS is registered through a different company.
The site was working fine until this morning ...
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Nameservers and DNS - Appropriate Steps to Move to A VPS?
I bought a VPS and I am trying to transfer my domain over to the new server, I took two steps so far, but I don't think I did it quite right as its been 24 hours and most all DNS check sites still ...
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How to manage DNS from multiple registrars in one place?
I have domains from different providers (GoDaddy, domaindotcom, namesilo, namecheap, etc)
is there any way to manage DNS from one panel?
Sometimes when move to a new hosting server, we need to change ...
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How should I update my name server after I installed a new dedicated server? [closed]
Say I got a dedi.
The IP is 123.123.123.123
Now I got domain name domainname.com that will be the "main" domain name for that server.
Should I?
Set the name server of the domainname.com to ...
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Nameserver problem
I recently bought a new VPS, and I was trying to set private nameservers in my domain cPanel.
I went ahead and added 4 A records:
ns1.mydomain.com - points to my IP
ns2.mydomain.com - points to my ...
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What nameserver should I use?
Let's say that I have site.com website that I bought at one place, but want to host on another place. I don't know what to do. Here is scenario.
I bought site.com on company that is using their own ...
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Migrate add-on domain olddomain.com to newdomain.com
I have 2 domains that are registered at GoDaddy :
domaina.com (not hosted, only domain name is registered to GD)
domainb.com (hosted at a different webhost, domain name registered to GD)
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How do I add custom nameservers to a domain
How to use a custom nameserver for my domain (like ns1.mydomain.com, ns2.mydomain) instead of ns1.hostingcompany.com, ns2.hostingcompany.com? Will a CNAME help?
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A record not resolving
I have a hosted domain at siteground. On this domain & host I have a subdomain with a wordpress install. I wish to move this blog to another host (hostgator), while keeping the domain with ...
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How to Configure Name Servers using Webmin in Unmanaged VPS on Centos
I want to configure my site's name servers and all related stuff. I'm not able to find any good documentation steps to do it straight-forwardly without understanding the natty-gritty of this. I wish I ...
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How Does Domain Know Where Your Web Host Is Located [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How Does Domain Know Where Your Web Host Is Located?
I just purchased a domain name from RapidNames, and a hosting plan at JustHost. I was told to enter JustHost's name ...
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How Does Domain Know Where Your Web Host Is Located? [closed]
I just purchased a domain name from RapidNames, and a hosting plan at JustHost. I was told to enter JustHost's name server (ns1.justhost.com) in my domain name's name server field and wait for 24 ...
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I want to host clients' websites, but not their email. What's the easiest way to handle this? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host?
My company lets non-technical users build their own niche industry websites on our server, which we ...
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Changed plesk root name, what DNS settings get modified?
We recently changed our Plesk server's main URL from siteold.com to sitenew.com.
Many websites had their NS set to ns1.siteold.com - does Plesk automatically update that to need ns1.sitenew.com? ...
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Challenging nameserver problem
I really appreciate you reading this. I have spent close to 6 months putting my soul into creating my first ruby on rails app, and now my site is all buggered up SEO-wise and I'm really bummed. I'm ...
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Do I need a working DNS server to resolve another DNS server
I suspect this question might be more suitable to networking stack exchange but I didnt find any such site, so this seemed like the best place to ask it.
I recently moved back to my native country ...
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How to create an own domain name servers
i bought an domain from bigrock ,which has
dns1.digrock.com and
dsn2.bigrock.com as name servers .
but some website have there own domain name dns1.domain.com. Is it possible to create an own ...
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Domain name servers connecting time and details
According to Ping reports my web browser is looking up DNS information in 180ms to connect my domain. I registered that domain name from godaddy.com. At the same time it takes 10ms for connecting to ...
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Create you own nameserver without paying to anyone? [closed]
Creating own ns
i wan't to create my own name server.
Own Dedicated server
i have my own server it is lived now how can i create a name server on it
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Resolving a cname using different DNS
I have a domain name (e.g. abc.com) registered in GoDaddy and I have a few subdomains (mail, blog) correctly setup to a different hosts. Now I want to park my domain with a parking host ...
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Setting Nameservers to New Website Host While Maintaining External Email Host
I'm setting up a website for the company I work for and I've just purchased a hosting account. They already own their own domain name, but they have an external mail service they would like to keep ...
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Two name servers?
I was told by my domain registrar that they require two name servers per domain name. I want to host my own DNS (to try it out, this isn't an important website) on my own server. I only really need ...
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How does linking a domain and hosting work? [closed]
I've looked everywhere for a good explanation of this, but all I get is a tutorial on how to do it instead of what's going on in the background. If someone could go through an example of what's going ...
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Are webhosts that require NS instead of a CNAME common?
I've just signed up with a webhost (which I prefer not to name) and I'm reasonably happy with it. The only nit was when I was ready to put a site online and I asked the support line to what name I ...
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Confused with how to set Cname records
Here is a screenshot of what cPanel is asking for in Cname records:
http://i.imgur.com/CG7QC.png
This is what i'm trying to do:
point: secure.randomdomain.com => secure.mydomain.com
What settings ...
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A record point not working
I'm trying to do an A record point to transfer the hosting of a domain from one provider to another. I don't want to change the nameservers as this will result in emails going down.
The output when ...
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Confirm that a dns zone is served by a nameserver
We currently have a domain which has custom nameservers. Our host has their own nameservers.
I'd like to switch our domain to use our host's nameservers for a while. Our host tells me that their ...
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Point domain to new host - changed nameservers, now what?
This is driving me nuts, because I know I'm missing something simple. I've read numerous articles/posts about how to point (not transfer) your domain to a new web host. They all say to change the name ...
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I cant get my domain to point to my server
I have bought a domain on Crazy Domains called techitproductions.com And at home i have a Linux Ubuntu Server running Apache, php5, ispconfig, courier mail etc... I have port forwarded port 80, 8888 ...
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Attemping to setup Domain NameServers but it doesn't appear to work
Im having a little trouble setting up my domain redirect. The domain name is registered with Namesco and the hosting is on wiserhosting. wiserhosting has provided me nameservers of
Nameserver 1: ...
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Can I have a backup name server?
Is it possible to have a third backup name server in case the first two fail?
Recently I had a site go down for about an hour when a CloudFlare datacenter went down. We have the option of setting a ...
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Subdomains regarding name servers/domains
I know how to configure subdomains like sub.example.com on Apache etc. My question is, do I need to make any changes to the name servers/domain that is provided to me?
Would it work the same as ...
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Can I have a webhost with one company and an E-Mail host with another? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host?
I was wondering if it was possible to use one company (and respective name servers) for email ...
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Problem with the DNS settings for our new company mailserver
We are a small business with several branches around our country, trying to improve intra-office communications.
In order to host a mail server at our head office we have upgraded our Business ...
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Should your Nameservers be under a Different Domain
I notice that, with most of the web hosts I use, they provide nameserver addresses under their main domain (or a related domain).
For example Mediatemple provides name servers which are:
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Setting DNS when registrar and host is different
Just to confirm that my assumptions are correct (if not, please let me know where I'm doing wrong):
My domain refers to jkwsp.com
The registrar where I have registered my domain is hioxindia.com
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How do I create a subdomain for a site hosted by someone who does not allow it?
I want to create a subdomain for a site hosted by Jimdo (a DIY website builder).
Jimdo does not allow subdomains however. I am trying to find a workaround where a subdomain is hosted elsewhere but ...
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How does my DNS provider know that I own the domain that I am managing?
Let's say I purchase a domain at RegistrarA, and then I set my domain to use the name servers over at ProviderB since I will be using ProviderB to operate my DNS records.
In the system of ProviderB, ...
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Create nameserver for a specific domain
My domain name and dedicated hosting are with different providers. I wanted to create a own nameserver for my domain name. I created 2 host object from domain registrar control panel.
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Pointing from domain registrar to host: Name Servers vs A Records
What are the performance or any other considerations involved when deciding whether to use Name Servers or A Records when pointing your domain registrar to your website host?
My case:
I have a ...
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Nameserver Update Update and Gmail Account
I have a domain name with GoDaddy and I have my domain name setup with Google to receive email using that domain name (name@mydomain.com). Yesterday I bought a WinHost account and had to update the ...
