Whois DNS?

[AmRivlin]

Ok minus the catchy title...
I have a few domains now... back from the register.com 1 dollar days... Register.com allowed me to edit my DNS, and update the IP of a box, I host a site on... Well it came time I needed to buy more, the problem is I went with registerclub.com (A subsidiary of BulkRegister.com) for 10 dollars I got the address I wanted it is now in the Whois Directory. The problem is they tell me I can't change my IP I have to change my Domain Name Server.

What the heck does that mean? I understand it as I need to host the DNS myself on my box or someone elses; and edit the IP once I host the DNS... Is that correct... If so, what the heck is a DNS... meaning what do I do with it, is it a text file is it a program? What kind of resources do it require, will it work in Windows 2000?

Any Help is greatly appreciated.

[Jeffbx]

You need a DNS Server. You can run one under W2K server or Linux, as long as you have a static IP address. It's just a database that points IP addresses to names. However, it's kind of tricky to set up. If you're going to set up your own, I suggest you pick up a copy of the O'Reilly book 'DNS and Bind' (ISBN 1-56592-512-2).

Otherwise, there are ISPs that you can pay to host your DNS...

[AmRivlin]

I am not past the book, but I have done some researching:

I found a site that will host DNS's (soa.granitecanyon.com)
You just have to make up your own entry.

My entry looks like this:

hay4a.com. IN NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
hay4a.com. IN NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
hay4a.com. IN RP andrew.rivlin.com.
andrew.rivlin.com. IN TXT "Andrew Rivlin, NIC handle: AR1779-BR"
localhost.hay4a.com. IN A 127.0.0.1
hay4a.com. IN A 129.130.202.61

The Error I recieve is:
{nscheck: RP TXT field is missing}
I am guessing the name Andrew Rivlin is invalid? Any other suggestions?

I also found, if I have another box, I can make it: andrew.hay4a.com and host an alias site on there.

I think thats all that is necessary for the DNS; I suppose the only other DNS entry info would be MX ones... Mail Sender? Anyway

I need to figure out how to get a Pop server up first...

I have 3 Administrative handles in 3 diff registering systems...
AR1779-BR on bulkregister
Unknown or unassigned on register
AM2449-ORG on netsol


Finally I do not run Win2k Server... Professional does not offer those features? Even in IIS? Does IIS offer a pop3 server?

[hapoo]

DNS - Domain Name Server

Why does everyone think they need to run a DNS server?!?! YOU DO NOT NEED ONE, you just need access to one. The DNS server IS a database of domain-IP addresses, once you make a change to one of them, within 72 hours like a chain reaction they all change. All you need is access to a DNS server. Try calling your isp and asking them to make the change for you, I don't know about your ISP but mine will do it for free.

[AmRivlin]

Shame Shame Hapoo, if you read early on; the registration I used will not allow me to update/edit my existing DNS's unless I want to pay 25 dollars... So instead I am going to change the DNS's to where I have them hosted whether it be at SOA or on my own box...

As earlier (Can you run a DNS server on WIN2k Pro?) And can someone check my code for the DNS above.

Now any productive comments are allowed, unproductive ones can go to #GotApex|Sex on Efnet.

Now I found this link: http://www.densitron.net/dns/

It confuses me: with all the rigamarole... Obviously that computer is running Server 2k... Poo

[Edited by AmRivlin on 01-23-2001 at 02:43 PM]

[hapoo]

hehehehe :heh:
ohh well, its still good advice!! :D

[Jeffbx]

Originally posted by AmRivlin
My entry looks like this:

hay4a.com. IN NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
hay4a.com. IN NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
hay4a.com. IN RP andrew.rivlin.com.
andrew.rivlin.com. IN TXT "Andrew Rivlin, NIC handle: AR1779-BR"
localhost.hay4a.com. IN A 127.0.0.1
hay4a.com. IN A 129.130.202.61


I think thats all that is necessary for the DNS; I suppose the only other DNS entry info would be MX ones... Mail Sender?



Ummmm, I THINK you want to remove the '.' from the end of the names in front of the RP and TXT records - i.e:

hay4a.com IN RP andrew.rivlin.com.
andrew.rivlin.com IN TXT "etc...."

Have a look at http://www.acmebw.com/cats.htm for some good info.

I also think the 'hay4a.com' and 'andrew.rivlin.com' should be just names, not paths:

hay4a IN RP andrew.rivlin.com
andrew IN TXT "etc..."

Just guesses on my part, but it's something to try.

I'm 99% sure that you need to be running W2K server to run DNS. Also - MX is Mail eXchange - only needed if you're running a mail server. IIS does not come with a POP3 server - however, you can manually configure SMTP to send mail (don't ask me how...). Your best bet is to grab a copy of sendmail for NT - http://www.sendmail.com sells an NT license for 500 bones, but you may be lucky enough to find a free version from a shareware group. Usually you can only find sendmail for UNIX platforms tho...

[AmRivlin]

Well I found a prog for DNS and Mail

Free and legal
software.com

BIND Port
Post.office 10 user liscence

Only prob I have is:

File replacement was attempted on the protected system file c:\windows\system32\nslookup.exe. This file was restored to the original version to maintain system stability. The file version of the system file is 5.0.2167.1

How can I by pass that. it wont install.

[Jeffbx]

Before you try the install again, rename nslookup.exe to nslookup.bak or something. You may have to go into the file properties to remove the read-only and system attributes.

Worst case - if W2K gives you a hard time, boot with a DOS disk (if you're running FAT32) and make the change while Windows is not running. If you're running NTFS, you'll have to boot into command line diagnostic mode to rename the file.

[AmRivlin]

BX you know your shit... I know the Command Line recovery unit, because I constantly lose my boot.ini and need to back it up, also I always find I solve my own problems... hehehe I downloaded Bind 8.2.3 p7 anyway, thats great and all but i dont know how to use it hehehe... It appears to have Unix attributes Ha prob since it is a port... DUH... anyway I get the basics now just to activate my name servers.

[Jeffbx]

Thanks man - I've been doing this stuff for more years than I like to admit to.