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Maybe I'm thinking of this wrong but is there something special I
need to do when registering a domain that my name server will be on,
or do I just register it like ay other domain.
It seams like a catch 22 because you need to have ns1.newdomain.com
and ns2.newdomain.com but when using ns1.newdomain.com and
ns2.newdomain.com as the name servers for newdomain.com... How will
it find them ?
What is the right way to do this ?
Here's a re-post below of a response I gave to someone last week with the
same question:
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I know that to some of you that this might sound like a simpleton
question, but if I don't ask, I'll never learn. I am planning to host
about 20 websites in my office. I will be using a ADSL connection
which gives me 3 meg down and 640 up and 8 static IPs, enough for
these sites. I will be hosting them on a server running MS Small
Business Server 2000. I will be sharing the same IP for all sites and
email. I think that I have all that sorted out. What I don't know how
to do, or if I should, setup my own Name Server. I'm not sure that I
should run one or if I should use a DNS forwarding service. If I do,
should I run it from another server or can I put it on my existing
server? If I run my own name server(ns1.mydomain.com) I suppose that
I would have to have a redundant name server as
well(ns2.mydomain.com). I've always wondered how my name server would
be found, does it have to be listed on another name server? I am new
at this so please don't ridicule me too much. I've been trying to
search the web for this info, but evedently, I'm looking in the wrong
places. Is there a site that explains the basics of host one's own
sites? A book maybe?
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
John
Unfortunately, there isn't much documented on how to do this, but rather
learned thru trial and error over time, as you'll find out that you will.
This can be a long post, but I'll try to summarize.
When anyone types in say,
www.domain.com, DNS is queried to resolve who is
the SOA (authorative) for domain.com, then it queries that server for the
"www" record under the zone, and the IP is returned. You want to make your
server(s) authorative for the 20 domains that you have. So when you register
a domain, or take an existing domain, you need to enter (at the registrar)
for your domain, who are these two or more DNS servers that are authorative.
If not created, you have to register your DNS server first as a
hostnameserver.You'll need two of them, as required by the registrar.
Open an account with a registrar, such as Network Solutions. Usually a way
is to just purchase a domain thru them and it creates an account for you.
Then goto your services (forget which section it is) and tell it you want to
register a hostname server (a DNS server). Then they want you to register
two DNS servers, such as ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com. Then register
your two servers (yes you need two DNS servers). Then go to your domain.com
account, and all the domains that you want to host on your DNS server, list
these two servers you just created.
Ace
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Regards,
Ace
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
