DNS Servers?

Re: DNS Servers?

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The details below aren't strictly true and correct (web browsers
don't send queries), but it's close enough.

One other thing to remember is, once you get everything straightened
out with Network Solutions (or other domain registrar), be sure to
tell your ISP to take down their version of the zone. Otherwise,
anybody using their DNS servers for DNS resolution will get their
version of the zone, not yours.
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Chris Buxton Men & Mice
cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy!

At 11:34 AM -0500 4/13/01, Albert Rodriguez wrote:
>hey sherman,
>
>trying to explain everything over an email would be very difficult
>but here's a
>short primer (hope i do well):
>
>quick dns has a wizard that helps you set up the zone records for your domain
>(nick15.com), that's pretty straight forward.
>
>then you have to go to network solutions and setup host records (ex:
>ns1.nick15.com & ns2.nick15.com) for your dns server, so that web browsers can
>find your dns servers.
>
>then you have to go to network solutions and point your domain name
>(nick15.com)
>to the new dns servers that you created (ns1 & ns2).
>
>public record updates take about 24 to 48 hours.
>
>after that everything should run pretty smoothly for you.
>
>any questions? just reply to this email.
>
>good luck.
>albert :-)
>
>Sherman Van Lieu wrote:
>
> > I have absolutely no clue on where to begin on this, but how do I set up
> > my own DNS server? I know I need 2 computers (one for primary DNS and
> > the other for secondary DNS), 2 static IP's (one of them is
> > "66.92.0.61"), a domain name (mine is "nick15.com") and QuickDNS for it,
> > but I have no clue on how to put all of that together.
> >
> > Usually I would let my ISP do all the DNS stuff for my server. But now I
> > want to do this by myself on my own computers. What I'd like to know how
> > I can go about hooking both my Macs to the same DSL line (what
> > hardware/software are needed), and then also how to switch my domain
> > name from being run from my old ISP's name servers to my own DNS. The
> > later I think is probably the most difficult part for me.
> >
> > I'm still fairly new to the DNS and web server business (worse yet, I'm
> > the only person here that knows anything about the server), so any well
> > explained explanations on this will be more than helpful. Thanks
>in advanced.

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