> > The domain from the error message above, xxxxxx.com. The host name > > xxxx.xxxxxx.com needs to be a registered name server host at the registry > > level before you can use it as a name server. The registrant of > > xxxxxx.com needs to register xxxx.xxxxxx.com as a name server host at the > > registrar where xxxxxx.com is registered. > > > > Got it. But wouldn't that require a static IP address? Yes? No? Maybe? :-)
An IP address must be specified with the hostname. That's what the registration process is all about, i.e. xxxx.xxxxxx.com has an IP address of 1.2.3.4. If the IP address changes, the host record would need to be updated by the owner of the xxxxxx.com domain. Static is relative. Of course it would be a pain to have to constantly update the IP at the registry if it was a dynamic address, but the registry really doesn't know or care. > Hence my original question: > > I have always been under the assumption that you NEED at least > > two static IP addresses to set up DNS service usable by second > > level domain names. Is there any way around this? > > Thanks. :-) > >
