Search Again: Re: Where to put QickDNS From: John Irving Date: Friday, November 21, 1997 Time: 6:08:00 pm At 11:22 AM +0000 11/21/97, Sigurdur Ragnarsson is rumored to have typed: [stuff deleted] > >I asked our ISP if they could provide me with the tables for our domains > >which I thought I could import into QDNS. He suggested that I set them up > >as the secondary server and that ours (QDNS) would simply "pull over" the > >relevant data. Can you expand on this? Is that possible with QDNS? > > > > You can do this without problems with QDNS, but it involves a few steps: > > 1. Using QuickDNS Admin, configure QDNS so that it acts as a secondary for > your domains, getting the domain data from your ISP. (This is explained in > the QDNS user manual, but you can contact us if you need further info.) > > 2. When you start the QDNS server, it will download the domains and store > them in the Secondary Data folder (in the QuickDNS Data folder). > > 3. Quit the QDNS server and move the domain data files from the Secondary > Data to the Primary Data folder. > > 4. Start QuickDNS Admin and remove the secondary entries you created in >Step 1. > > 5. Start QuickDNS Server. QDNS will now work as a primary server for your > domains. Remember to have the delegation for your domains updated as > needed. > Sigurdur, This worked extremely well and saved me a lot of time. You should include these instructions in the manual - it took about 5 minutes to set up 10 domains! I guess the only thing I need to change are the NS entries and generate the reverse lookup tables? Can you think of anything else? Thanks, John ..................................................................... John Irving HyperConnect Online Communications john@hyperconnect.com http://www.hyperconnect.com/

Messages In This Thread: Where to put QickDNS by John Irving on Nov 19, 1997 at 6:49:00 pm Re: Where to put QickDNS by Sigurdur Ragnarsson on Nov 20, 1997 at 9:29:00 am Re: Where to put QickDNS by John Irving on Nov 21, 1997 at 5:20:00 am Re: Where to put QickDNS by Sigurdur Ragnarsson on Nov 21, 1997 at 11:22:00 am Re: Where to put QickDNS by John Irving on Nov 21, 1997 at 6:08:00 pm