Ken, actually I spoke too soon. My domains are resolving from inside the LAN, but they are still unresolved from the outside world, so something else is wrong. I think I'll have to ask Intaserve what they think the state of play is -- *Greg*
On 24 February 2014 13:01, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Just remember that if this is the only name server for your domain, it's > now become a SPOF (single point of failure) for resolving records in your > domain. > > > > Given that there's free DNS hosters out there, I'd not do this personally > myself anymore. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 12:33 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Nameserver records > > > > Ken, thanks for your advice on this. I made my router redirect 53 udp and > tcp to my domain controller. I bumbled around in the DNS Management screen > and added new primary zones as you mentioned. Added A and CNAME records and > it's finally working I think. > > > > I had some weird problem where the www alias of one domain didn't work, > lord knows why, but I eventually deleted the zone and recreated it and > emptied the cache and all 3 of my domains are resolving. Adding new primary > zones was the vital clue. > > > > So thanks for the clues on that. Now I feel like a real part of the > Internet. > > > > Cheers, > > *Greg K* > > > > On 24 February 2014 10:13, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you want orthogonal.com.au (or any host under that - e.g. > www.othogonal.com.au) to point to your IP address, then you need to > request your DNS hoster to create the necessary records (A, CNAME, MX) and > point that record to your IP address. > > > > If you want to be authoritative for the domain, then they delegate the > domain to you - and you need to tell them what name servers you want to > use. It seems that they've done this part - and set your IP address as the > name server for the domain. > > > > You can install DNS server on your Windows 2008 server, and create a new > zone (create it as a primary zone) for orthogonal.com.au. Then create the > necessary A, CNAME, MX etc. records under that zone. You will need to port > forward UDP (and optionally TCP) 53 to your Win2008 server. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 9:49 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* [OT] Nameserver records > > > > Folks, On Friday I asked Intaserve to adjust their DNS records to point 3 > of my domains to my home server IP. What they seem to have done is made me > the DNS server. A whois to orthogonal.com.au for example shows my home IP > as the Name Server. > > > > Rather than get their support to change this, can just run with it and > become a Name Server? Is there some reasonably simple thing I do to my > Billion router and the Win2008 server to make my 3 domains resolve to my > home server? > > > > I don't normally dabble in this sort of thing, so I might be asking the > wrong questions. > > > > *Greg K* > > >
