Search Again: Re: Stumped on QDNS 3 From: Michael Wise Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 Time: 4:11:15 pm >On 01/22/01 at 15:44, Michael Wise wrote: > >> How would one go about defining an alias such as "domain.com" for >> "www.domain.com" so that somebody entering "domain.com" in their web >> browser would go to "www.domain.com"? > >There's more than one valid way to do this. My preferred method is: > > domain.com. A www.xxx.yyy.zzz > www.domain.com. CNAME domain.com. > >Then set up your web server so that the same directory is the root for both >domain.com and www.domain.com. You could also give www.domain.com. an A record >instead of a CNAME, but the CNAME is a little easier if you ever need to >change the IP address of the server. The domain.com. record must be an A >record because it is, presumably, named the same as the zone that it's in. Makes sense. Thanks for the response, Christopher! --Mike

Messages In This Thread: Stumped on QDNS 3 by Michael Wise on Jan 22, 2001 at 3:45:14 pm Re: Stumped on QDNS 3 by Peggy Thomson on Jan 22, 2001 at 3:54:56 pm Re: Stumped on QDNS 3 by Global Homes Webmaster on Jan 22, 2001 at 3:57:31 pm Re: Stumped on QDNS 3 by Michael Wise on Jan 22, 2001 at 4:03:32 pm Re: Stumped on QDNS 3 by Men & Mice Support on Jan 22, 2001 at 4:09:29 pm Re: Stumped on QDNS 3 by Michael Wise on Jan 22, 2001 at 4:11:15 pm