I'm kinda interested in this as well anyone have any resources where I can read up on this?
Kola Oyedeji Web developer Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer http://www.Alexandermark.com (+44)020-8429-7300 > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 October 2001 20:21 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Subdomain of a domain > > > Larry, > > The "www" portion, as well as the "sales" portion, of the domain you > show in your question are called the "host" names. "Www.domain.com" > can, and often does, point to a different IP address from, > for example, > "mail.domain.com". This allows traffic to be routed to different > programs or servers, so that the traffic can be handled appropriately. > > Basically, you CAN enter into your browser > "http://mail.domain.com";. If > you did, you will, most likely, end up with an error, since > that server > actually only handles email traffic, not web traffic. Different ports > (i.e., 80 for http traffic, 21 for FTP traffic, etc.) are > being answered > by those different servers. Therefore, a port 80 request (i.e., > http://) will not be answered properly if sent to an email > server (i.e., > mail.domain.com). > > You can name a host anything you like (within the boundaries > of Internet > naming conventions.. i.e., no spaces or punctuation - save the hyphen > (-) or the underscore (_)). You could, for example, have > "this.is.my.server.at.my.domain.com". While this would turn into a > NIGHTMARE for DNS entry.. It could be done. The only requirement is > that you have all the information properly setup in the DNS > server that > services "domain.com". > > Hope this helps. Is kinda lengthy, but thought it might help you > understand. Basically, in your exampe... "www.domain.com" could point > to "123.123.123.111", while "sales.domain.com" could point to > "123.123.123.222". They COULD both be web servers.. Or not. Just > depends on the type of traffic being sent to them... i.e., > what they are > being used for. > > Take care... > > > Lee Fuller > Chief Technical Officer > PrimeDNA Corporation / AAA Web Hosting Corporation > "We ARE the net." > http://www.aaawebhosting.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Juncker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:04 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: OT: Subdomain of a domain > > > > > > Apologies for the OT but I am curious. > > > > I see a lot of times where someone has an address like > > www.mydomain.com and along with it, you see > reference to > > sales.mydomain.com > > > > My question is, do these people have two IP's associated with > > this domain or is this an entry in DNS that I am missing > > somewhere on how to set up? > > > > Just curious..... > > > > Thanks and again apologies for the OT > > > > Larry Juncker > > Senior Cold Fusion Developer > > Heartland Communications Group, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
