[techtalk] Registering DNS servers

[Kath]

I had this SAME issue, so lemme help you out.  NSI is rather confusing on
it.

1.  Goto www.networksolutions.com

2.  Click Make Changes

3.  Click goto Login Screen

4.  Login to the account holder page (Using account number and your
password)

5.  Click your domain name say "foobar.org" from the dropdown menu.

6.  Now for this, YOU need to be the domain name admin according to NSI. If
you are not the domain name admin according to NSI records, this will not
work.  If you aren't, transfer control to yourself by clicking on
"View/Change domain administrator" on the next page.

7.  Now assuming you are the domain name holder, click "Change hosting (DNS)
information".

8.  Now it should ask you to specify a primary and secondary DNS server.
Put in say ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com.  On the next page you
will be asked a few questions, like the IP address of those two DNS servers.
It might also ask you the handle of the owner: put in your own handle
assigned by NSI (I think).

Now hit submit a few more times and you should be done.

Now, of course you are probably typing in "ping ns1.yourdomain.com" right
now!  But it won't work, since it will take 24-72 hours for the DNS changes
to propgate through the name servers (How archaic!).  In this time, just
pace nervously ;)  I might also suggest picking up O'Reilly's DNS and Bind
book.  It really helped me as did this list help me.

Anyway, if you have any further questions, feel free to ask!

- Kath the DNS Deiti! ;P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric R. Turner" <turnere at cc.wwu.edu>
To: "Michelle Murrain" <mpm at norwottuck.com>
Cc: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Registering DNS servers


> You should have to supply the address of the DNS servers when you register
> the domain name for which those servers are authoritative. If you have an
> existing domain, and want to change the addresses of the DNS servers for
> that domain (e.g. you will now run the DNS servers yourself instead of
> using your ISP's DNS servers), then you need to alter your domain
> registration information so that they have the new DNS server addresses.
>
> Check out http://www.networksolutions.com
>
> Regards,
> Eric R. Turner
>
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Michelle Murrain wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I'm setting up some nameservers, and I understand that in order to use
them,
> > they need to be registered with internic as name servers. Does anyone
know
> > how to go about doing that procedure?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Michelle
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