DNS
What does DNS stand for and what does it mean? DNS stands for Domain Name System. The DNS is a record, located at the registry, that converts IP addresses from numbers into names, i.e. 123.456.789.0 to www.yourdomain.com. This record tells a browser where your web site is located and also tells mail servers where to route your mail to. If the DNS isn't set-up properly your domain name won't work. [top] How do I change my DNS for my domain names? Log into your Domainland.com account and click on ”Nameservers”. Then click on the heading “Use” Our NameServers or Your own NameServers for your domain name. If you are using your own nameservers, all you have to do is enter in the DNS provided by your Web host. NEVER enter in the IP addresses (numbers) anywhere on this form. Your domain name will not work if you do and the IP addresses are not needed. When finished, click on the modify button to save your changes. [top] Where do I input the IP address of the nameserver? You can not use the IP address of the nameserver as the DNS with our service. You can only enter in fully qualified and registered DNS. This means that your DNS must be a name only and show up at Nameserver Lookup, as a registered nameserver. If your DNS isn't registered you can use an A Record, which will point to the IP address. [top] I would like to turn off URL forwarding on my account, what do I need to do? A common problem that customers make is they change their DNS to what their web host provided but then also try to change the forwarding settings in their Domainland.com account. You can not do this since it will cause your domain name to use our DNS again and then your name will not resolve in a browser without the forwarding or DNS from your web host being used. Once you change the DNS you just need to wait 48 hours and remember that you can no longer make any type of changes to this domain name other then Whois updates at Domainland.com without causing problems with your domain name. [top] If I use my own DNS will I be able to use Domainland.com's services to forward email? Since you are not using our DNS we do not have access to this record and will not be able to provide you with this service. [top] When I purchased my domain name I set-up URL Forwarding and I elected to use my own DNS. Will my Web site forward to that URL that I specified? No, because you are using your own DNS instead of default. We do not have access to this DNS and can not make any changes to your forwarding settings. If you want your domain name to forward to an URL you must use our nameservers or have your web host set-up URL forwarding for you on their Web server. [top] How do I point my domain name back to a parked page? To point your domain name back to the default parked page on our servers, log into your Domainland.com account and click on "Nameservers". Then click on the heading "Use" Our NameServers and have the DNS Settings (Zone Files) set as follows:
When finished, click on the modify button to save your changes. [top] What if the nameservers that I was given by my Web host are not registered, what do I do? You can create an A Record. This will forward all traffic to the IP address and the server will know what to do with it provided you set it up correctly. [top] How do I register my own nameserver? You can now register your own
nameserver at Domainland.com. The domain name associated with the new
nameserver needs to be registered to you at Domainland.com in order to do
this for you. The one-time set-up fee is $50 per domain. [top]
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