04-14-06 12:34 PM - Post#32787    

I'm trying to setup my zone file over here at easyDNS, and their technical support is just plain terrible, not knowledgeable at all.

is a wildcard record supposed to be an A
or CNAME record?

because I'm trying to point domain.com/~username
to http://username.domain.com on the server, which I need to setup a wildcard record for, I just don't understand if its supposed to be an A or CNAME record? I tried both, and neither one is working, so I'm rather frustrated at the momment.

so far I've had 2 different supoort techs tell me differently, one said I had to create an A record, the other tech said I had to create a CNAME Alias record, I'm all confused now! I don't understand the difference between A and CNAME records at all

I'm thinking about switching DNS hosts, as I'm not even sure if my account supports wildcard records or not. Their support staff isn't telling me if I need to upgrade to another plan, or what, its rather aggrivating to try to talk to support techs who don't know whats going on.

I was with DynDNS for the longest time, until they decided to charge $29 a year for DNS hosting, which to me was completely rediculous, DNSmadeeasy wanted the same amount for wildcard record support, so I went with easyDNS for $19.95 yr for their DNS only plan, but their tech support is just terrible, not knowledgeable at all about setting up zone files.. and since DollarDNS is down, I have no clue at all who to go with now, my choices are becoming limited.

I basically have a test server I run from home, and basically need a nameserver provider, so I can point my home server to a domain instead of just an IP address, DNS hosting they call it.

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04-14-06 01:22 PM - Post#32788    

    In response to White and Nerdy

It should be a CNAME CNAME.domain.com but it may take upto 72 hours for the DNS records to update and propigate the internet.

You may also try http://www.no-ip.com/

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Edited by Stephen on 04-14-06 01:24 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

04-14-06 09:36 PM - Post#32795    

    In response to Stephen

I know, I've been fussing with this for 2 weeks so far. first tried CNAME, then a week later trying A, now its been another week and still isn't working, so as I said I'm rather frustrated with it trying to get it to work.

yeap I know about no-ip, I can't remember why I didn't go with them, I know there was a reason...

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04-15-06 12:02 AM - Post#32797    

    In response to White and Nerdy

nevermind! DUH me!
I happened to look thru my server logs, and happened to see the 404 error message I was getting:

file not found: /home/perndragon/www.

so then I looked at the rewrite code again and it suddenly dawned on me!

I had to change

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /home/%1/www/$1 [L]

to

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /home/%1/public_html/$1 [L]

duh!!! must've been one of those "brain farts" er something ...or a blonde momment.

all is well now

hehe

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04-16-06 11:40 PM - Post#32835    

    In response to White and Nerdy

As long as that all made sense to you.... all greek (or 'code') to me


Glad you figured out the problem!

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04-21-06 10:41 PM - Post#32938    

    In response to Lori

when registering a domain name, the nameserver's you use... like

ns1.whatever.com
ns2.whatever.com

do they have to actually be 2 different servers? I mean, can a single linux server be configured to be both a webserver AND the DNS?

I mean, I know you can setup BIND in linux and all that, but if your hosting a site from home do you still have to have a DNS host technically?

always wondered, I've been starting to learn how to setup zone files and I just wondered if its even worth learning if I still have to have a DNS host anyway if its run from home?

my assumption, was that, you had to have 2 different nameserver's using 2 completely different IP's to register a domain name.

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04-24-06 04:11 PM - Post#33031    

    In response to White and Nerdy

No they can be the same server

04-25-06 10:14 PM - Post#33080    

    In response to Ian

ok, in that case, may have to figure out how to setup bind

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04-26-06 12:50 PM - Post#33111    

    In response to White and Nerdy

can't your control panel do it for you?

04-26-06 08:31 PM - Post#33116    

    In response to Ian

no I'm talking about a home server that I run from home...

if your referring to webmin, webmin sucks

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04-29-06 06:02 AM - Post#33183    

    In response to White and Nerdy

oh I see - in that case just use a third party DNS - for example we have accounts on our servers that are just for hosting the DNS - that then points to the IP that the site resides on. Might be easier for you.

04-30-06 12:30 PM - Post#33203    

    In response to Ian

yeah I'm using easyDNS.org for that at the moment

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05-10-06 10:21 PM - Post#33683    

    In response to White and Nerdy

I pretty much have to, for I would have to have a 2nd IP addy to run BIND from home,

because I would have to register new nameservers with godaddy (ns1 and ns2), which would have to be 2 different IP's minimum, then use BIND for the zone setup.

just easier to use a DNS provider, otherwise I'd have to have 2 servers at 2 different houses probably. I don't know if u can purchase additional IP's for a home residence or not, Comcast HSI probably has some rules against that or something hehe

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