nsood3
07-26-2007, 09:22 AM
Apologies in advance if this seems really too basic for words, but I have searched qiute a way back and cannot find an answer. I have run business for many years, but having sold those am now running a "one man band" again so need to do things myself these days!
I simply do not understand the difference between A records, CNames and repointing the Domain Nameserver.
I have mydomain(s).com registered. I do not intend to host with the company which registered the domain, just using their control panel.
For one of my sites mydomain1.com - I have
a) pointed the A record to an IP address 55.555.666.77
b) pointed www CNAME to xx1.abcde.nameserver.
This has worked. But I have not repointed the Domain Nameservers 1 and 2.
For site mydomain2, I have a different hoster who doesn't tell me their IP addresses, just that I should point the Namservers to xx2.abcdef.nameserver 1 and 2.
Apart from knowing that I should not just forward the URL, I don't know which option i should be using and would realy appreciate a straight primer in this.
Apologies once agan if this is a little basic.
many thanks in advance
I simply do not understand the difference between A records, CNames and repointing the Domain Nameserver.
I have mydomain(s).com registered. I do not intend to host with the company which registered the domain, just using their control panel.
For one of my sites mydomain1.com - I have
a) pointed the A record to an IP address 55.555.666.77
b) pointed www CNAME to xx1.abcde.nameserver.
This has worked. But I have not repointed the Domain Nameservers 1 and 2.
For site mydomain2, I have a different hoster who doesn't tell me their IP addresses, just that I should point the Namservers to xx2.abcdef.nameserver 1 and 2.
Apart from knowing that I should not just forward the URL, I don't know which option i should be using and would realy appreciate a straight primer in this.
Apologies once agan if this is a little basic.
many thanks in advance