All Questions
332 questions
0
votes
1
answer
742
views
How to tackle archived who-is personal data with opt-out?
As far as I understand it, it is possible to opt-out (in the UK at least) of having your address details displayed on who-is information of a domain for non-trading individuals.
What I want to know ...
- 103
7
votes
1
answer
581
views
Can other domain registrars view non-public whois information?
If my domains are hosted at a registrar (lets take Gandi, for example) and it has privacy protection on the whois information, can another ICANN-accredited registrar (GoDaddy, for example) still view ...
- 173
0
votes
1
answer
814
views
Add custom Nameservers for Subdomains
Is it possible to add custom Nameserver for my Subdomains?
For example:
My main domain example.com uses MX record from Gmail. Then my subdomain subdomain.example.com needs to use MX record from ...
- 3
2
votes
1
answer
37
views
Question about name server propagation
I just did an overhaul of my company's website and changed the hosting provider, and it's probably been about 36-48 hours since I changed the pointers at my registrar to the new name servers. I have ...
- 285
2
votes
3
answers
4k
views
What does it mean when the nameservers reported by whois do not match those reported by nslookup?
I am currently investigating moving some records to a new set of nameservers, and in doing the research to be prepared for it have come up against a confusing mismatch. A bit of background on the ...
- 131
9
votes
3
answers
18k
views
What nameservers should I use for GitHub Pages when using a custom domain?
I am using a custom domain for a GitHub Pages site. They said to set CNAME or A record. But what nameservers should I use? What is the default, or should I leave it blank?
1
vote
1
answer
152
views
Does the DNS lookup result mean that my nameserver is pointed nowhere?
I changed my domain's nameservers, but I don't think the change was processed correctly. Can anyone help me understand the result below "AFTER"? In my registrant's control panel, I change the name ...
- 113
0
votes
2
answers
74
views
Use same hosting and same website for a new domain I purchased without redirecting to it
I have a somedomainname.in domain with hosting from some ABC provider. The site is up and running.
I recently bought its .com i.e somedomainname.com from a seller on GoDaddy, I want to use the same ...
- 215
3
votes
1
answer
63
views
Changing nameserver on registar
Im changing the nameserver some domains that I have registered on register365, they allow a user to enter two nameservers and a tertiary nameserver. The new nameservers I am using are AWS which has ...
- 133
1
vote
2
answers
3k
views
What is bingsandbox.com? [closed]
I toyed around a with "Bing Webmaster Tools": https://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster
And then checked access.log.
One referrer was http://www.bingsandbox.com/
Link: http://www.bingsandbox.com/
...
- 113
1
vote
1
answer
797
views
Can changing nameservers while keeping the same host impact SEO for websites?
I host several Italian sites in a Virtual Private Server (VPS) located in Italy. At the moment, most of the domains are registered by the same provider, so all the nameservers are located in Italy too....
- 113
5
votes
3
answers
723
views
Can I contact the owner of a domain name based on a WHOIS search?
I did a WHOIS search for a domain name that I want. I found some info about the registrant of the domain name, and while no useful direct contact info was given, there was enough there for me to do ...
- 51
2
votes
1
answer
900
views
I'm receiving this error when I point my domain names to a new VPS host: "You must enter a registered nameserver"
Why am I getting this error message when I point my domain names from my old host to a new VPS host:
knowing that My dns is already registered in my new VPS host!
2
votes
1
answer
58
views
What's the purpose of unique webserver names?
Previously I would set the name servers of a domain to what the hosting company told me (e.g. ns1.hostingcompany.com). I've now started buying domains from a company that lets you make your own ...
- 415
2
votes
2
answers
170
views
SEO Effects on sharing one nameserver for multiple websites on shared ips
We have a dedicated server and 5 shared IPs, and we are running around 20 websites on each shared IP. Our websites nature of business is same but each website belong to different country, For e.g., we ...
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
What happens if two people at the same host claim ownership of a domain?
I have all my domains registered through company A and they are hosted through company B. I set my nameservers at company A to point to dns.companyB.com and everything works great.
But couldn't ...
- 131
1
vote
3
answers
2k
views
Domain registrar saying they cannot add TXT record
I have been adding SPF records to the sites I host on my VPS.
I create the record in each accounts CPanel, then add it as a TXT records in that account's related DNS registrars control panel.
...
- 1,373
4
votes
1
answer
590
views
DNS taking weeks to propagate just in my area
It has been over two weeks since I changed over my DNS information on my new host. I still have my old hosting account setup through HostGator and it is still using the HostGator nameservers in my ...
- 141
1
vote
2
answers
100
views
Nameservers and migrating a VPS
I am primarily a front end developer who has been tasked with upgrading my companies VPS.
As far as I understand, this is just the process of obtaining a new VPS with WHM/CPanel and then migrating ...
- 1,373
3
votes
1
answer
24k
views
What's the difference between my nameserver and CNAME settings?
I have purchased a domain name(mxsoup.net) through GoDaddy, and it is just parked. In order to set up my custom URL for my SourceAudio site, they give me the following instructions:
In order to ...
- 133
1
vote
1
answer
204
views
Glue Records creation
I need some information on the following issue, as I would like to have it clear on my mind.
I have a VPS server. All my sites hosted on this VPS are using as NameServer .gr domain, like ns1....
- 375
2
votes
3
answers
351
views
How to find out when a "example.NAME" domain was registered on?
I am attempting to obtain the registry records of a .name domain - I have tried using who.is to obtain details of whom has registered this practical domain and when was it created and when will it ...
- 21
4
votes
2
answers
105
views
How do I tell who manages the domain when registrar = registrant
I am trying to track down the owner and/or domain host with a view to buying a specific domain. Fairly standard BUT, the registrant name is a person and they are also the registrar. No email details ...
- 41
14
votes
3
answers
9k
views
How does DNS detect changes in nameserver IP address? [closed]
Suppose I have a domain such as example.com and I configure the domain's primary and secondary nameserver to be ns1.example2.com and ns2.example2.com.
Questions:
Does the IP address of the ...
- 317
2
votes
2
answers
200
views
How to dynamically change the host URL? [duplicate]
I have two websites, say a.com and b.com.
a.com is on a paid hosting service, and b.com is on 000Webhost.
000Webhost crashes sometimes, and my site b.com becomes unreachable.
So is there any way ...
- 465
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How should I name my DNS server?
Are there any conventions or guidelines I should use to name my DNS server? Does it really matter?
On the site I'm using to obtain the domain I desire it has two options:
Set up DNS and name ...
- 371
3
votes
2
answers
3k
views
DNS errors in Google Webmaster Tools
I've been trying to get rid of this DNS error for about a week now but I can't seem to wrap my head around it.
The website is herbelixirs.com.
The Google Webmaster Tools screen shot is below.
The ...
- 31
0
votes
1
answer
287
views
Using Google apps / eNom domain change webhosts without breaking email?
I'm taking over a site for a client who initially purchased their domain name from Google Apps / eNom, they're using google apps mail but the site itself is hosted on earthlink.
I've built the new ...
1
vote
2
answers
102
views
Nameserver Issues
I have a dedicated server on which I host my websites via cpanel. The domain registrar is a uk hosting company. Now, I want to move to a cloud VMware server with another company. My server and cpanel ...
- 13
0
votes
1
answer
158
views
How would I completely remove a domain from webs?
I have registered a domain with 1&1.co.uk about 2 months ago. I changed the nameservers to the ones that webs told me to (ns1.webs.com, ns2.webs.com) so that I could publish my webs website to my ...
OnkaPlonka
2
votes
2
answers
113
views
Trying to point domain name to new server, but there are other NS records I cannot change
In my domain registrars console I see the following:
I have added my name servers to the bottom, but the domain name is not redirecting. I see there are 2 NS records above mine that I cannot change. ...
- 1,373
1
vote
1
answer
4k
views
How to change email server settings in Plesk
Well, this question may be very silly and I'm not sure that this is the right place to ask it, so sorry if that's the case. Well, my doubt is as follows: I work with web development and to offer the ...
- 135
1
vote
1
answer
68
views
Automated hosting
I'm going to make a web service, where people can register domain names and host their sites, which they order from us. Also I need proper billing. For this purposes I'm going to buy Hetzner root ...
- 13
3
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How can I tell when a custom name server is active?
I recently moved my website to a VPS solution and in doing so was instructed to set up two custom nameservers with my domain registrar: ns1.mydomainname.com and ns2.mydomainname.com
I followed the ...
- 225
6
votes
2
answers
13k
views
Using one IP for Nameserver like NS1 and NS2
Please I like to know why I can't use my one IP on my nameserver like:
ns1.mydomain.com = 67.111.78.12
ns2.mydomain.com = (but the IP could be assigned here)
- 81
4
votes
2
answers
5k
views
Setting up VPS: How to configure name servers
So I got a VPS set up (LAMP) and have transfered a couple of sites over. Now I want to point my domain names from the old host to the new VPS host, which does not have any name servers yet.
On my ...
- 1,373
1
vote
1
answer
305
views
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 ...
- 385
3
votes
1
answer
123
views
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 ...
- 1,373
1
vote
1
answer
84
views
How to determine, who to contact for transferring my Domain
My client's domain, www.daccusa.org, is hosted at inmotionhosting.com. They tell me though, that the domain itself, is not.
I've spoken with two different customer supports at inmotionhosting.com and ...
3
votes
3
answers
17k
views
How long does it take a whois server to update?
I added two NS records to my DNS record four days ago. I did this to use a service provided by the name servers that I added. In order to get them to enable their services, they need to verify that ...
- 133
0
votes
1
answer
278
views
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, ...
- 1
4
votes
3
answers
14k
views
Cloudflare is it safe?
I am thinking of signing up with cloud flare, but since i'm not very familiar with the technical side of things, I wanted to ask here first.
How safe is it to sign up with services, like cloud flare?
...
- 678
2
votes
2
answers
282
views
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 ...
- 121
4
votes
1
answer
979
views
Is it possible to use Whois Guard on dot pro domains?
I have purchased two dot pro domains but the holder info is exposed.
Is it possible to use Whois Guard or the like on dot pro domains? If so, Do you know any service provider or registrar that offers ...
- 163
0
votes
2
answers
88
views
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 ...
- 111
3
votes
2
answers
2k
views
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 ...
- 259
2
votes
1
answer
400
views
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 ...
3
votes
3
answers
204
views
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 it'...
- 131
2
votes
2
answers
3k
views
"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 ...
- 121
5
votes
4
answers
4k
views
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 ...
- 151