> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Harry wrote: > >> Hi I know this has been asked a zillion times, but I am still confused >> on this subject, and no search on the Net has cleared my doubts. > > www.howstuffworks.com is a great resource if you are confused about DNS > and its operation. > >> I have some Public Ips, which I have got from my ISP as I am their >> leased line customers. On one of the Ips I want to host my online >> website, my conufusion starts here >> >> 1) Do I have to make Zone Files for the site on THIS LINUX server which >> will have the contents of the website? > > No. (See above) I will read this, thanks for yr info. > >> 2)Once I regsiter my Domain for >> eg.with Regsiter.com, what will be the DNS settings that I will have to >> put ?will it be my ISPs DNS settings? > > Most ISP's will provide a service that will allow you to register a domain > and they will provide all the necessary setup and configuration and will > house your zones for you. you can then say "hi, can you please point > xyz.server.com at the IP 1.2.3.4 and they will handle it for you. This is > probably your best option to start with. After this you can then start > playing with DNS to get a better understanding of how it works and then > use the afore mentioned model to do things such as running a hidden > primary and not run into as many issues should your link, dns or zone > files become broken to the point of non-loading goodness. > > DNS can be incredibly confusing and difficult to fix should you accidently > introduce problems with your zone file setups. > > On the other hand, if this is a small play around domain and it matters > not if it works or not or takes weeks to repair should you get your TTL's > wrong then by al means, break away. Again tho, a good starting point would > be your registrar or ISP, they should have FAQ's or info that you can read > up on that will help you get started. I have a stupid ISP,who does domians only with their country specific, I have been trying to request them to do this with my .com domain but they seem to be headless, hence I thought let me try to put the DNS settings on my register.com site and see the affect. So u think that will work ? Regards Harry > > -- > Steve. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
