DNS help

[blahlex]

I'm trying to set up my family's small buisness on the internet through our computers at the business. we have a domain name purchased and the ip is all set up so that when you type in http:///123.123.123.123 it goes to the site perfectly. my only problem is now when some1 types in www.myname.com i need it to go to the same place as my ip. i'm not sure if it's with the domain name or anything, i'm completely new to this and extremely lost, i've been working on this for weeks now and have gotten nowhere, i was hoping to get this done before xmas and have that as well as an e-mail server set up, can anyone help or point me in the direction of what to do or where to go.
thanks

[oritsfree]

You need to have your DNS registered with your ip.

What happens is you get a domain name. Then you get some ip's.

You go to your domain name register, and ask to have your DNS registered. Eg. ns1.yourdomainname.com and ns2.yourdomainname.com with ip 123.123.123.123 and 121.121.121.121 (whatever your ip's are.)

This way when someone enters your domain name it goes to your site, but customers can also access via the ip.

I think that's what you are looking for. If not then I'm not quite sure what you mean.

[blahlex]

i tried that already, i registerd my dns servers as ns1.blah.com and ns2.blah.com, and it hasn't worked, then i tried my regular ip address, but i only have 1 so i didn't know what to put as the second and that didn't work anyway...

[oritsfree]

How did you register 2 DNS names with only 1 ip?

You need two ip's when you send the information to your DNS register.

But you can access your site via ip. Maybe your site is ip based and not set up as a name based site.

That could be part of the problem.

[blahlex]

how can i change that?

[oritsfree]

I would just check with the hosting company and find out if it was set up as a name based account or if it was set up as an ip based account then see if they can correct it for you if this is not what you want.

[Martie]

blahlex.....It sounds to me like a typical account.
Im not trying to confuse you further BUT
if you were only assigned one ip number, and that number resolves to your site correctly...then all you do is
"modify DNS" at your registrar.
You should have received the DNS info from your host
(typically ns., ns2. or something similar)
Once you make that change, the domain name will call correctly after propogation
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The only time you REGISTER ips would be if you requested your own personal name servers for your account.....in this case the host would assign you 2 EXTRA ip's....thats not typical though for a shared account.

Hopefully the host will help you out!

[Martie]

Originally posted by oritsfree
You need to have your DNS registered with your ip.

What happens is you get a domain name. Then you get some ip's.

You go to your domain name register, and ask to have your DNS registered. Eg. ns1.yourdomainname.com and ns2.yourdomainname.com with ip 123.123.123.123 and 121.121.121.121 (whatever your ip's are.)

This way when someone enters your domain name it goes to your site, but customers can also access via the ip.

I think that's what you are looking for. If not then I'm not quite sure what you mean.

Im not sure the poster is registering name servers!

[sugarbunnie]

From the way I read your email, it sounds as if you are trying to host the site off of your systerms at work? If that is the case, you are definately going to need to register the DNS and get individual IPs for those and then have your registrar point the domain name to the DNS. You'll have to then have some work done on your systems at work in order to host your own site. You'll also have to get MX records configured in order to run an email server as well, that will also require an IP address. If you are hosting through a virtual hosting company, they should have provided you with the correct dns entries to give to your registrar. That way, domain name will be assigned to the appropriate IP block and your site will resolve online by name. If you are using a hosting company, your email should be very easy to set up through their systems.

If you are hosting through your ISP, they have different perameters and not usually let you use top level domain names on their member sites.

Hope this helps.

[M4verick]

You need to do a few things. Your domain name needs to point to a DNS somewhere. This is either running on one of your own servers, or with an ISP / domain parking company. This is the *only* place your domain points to directly - *not* the IP address of your site. These are the ns1.blah... and ns2.blah... addresses (ns2 is a backup).

It is the DNS that holds the record of IP address for your site.

Soo... you need to find a DNS (probably an ISP / domain hosting outfit) to host your domain, and point ns1.blah... and ns2.blah... at it. You then need to get whoever is running the DNS to add a record for your domain name, along with the IP you want it to point at. Then you should be in business.

I use a separate company to host all my domain names (not the same as hosting the sites themselves). This gives me total control over where my domains point. Check out http://www.mirical.co.uk for the lowdown on some great domain / web hosting solutions.

Hope this helps:)