On Saturday, July 12, 2003, 12:13:47 PM, K. F. Wu commented:

KFW> Currently (after transferring the registrar), I keep my hosting company's 
KFW> DNS registered with my domain name (following what my hosting company told 
KFW> me before transfer).  What would happen if I go to Namecheap control panel 
KFW> and change DNS to Namecheap's (they say I can use
KFW> their's)?  What's the
KFW> benefit (or purpose) for me to do so?

Namecheap, using eNom's system, now has a distributed
network of about 5 DNS servers located in different parts of
the US. So the system has higher redundancy and there are
less likely to be problems with DNS in the event of system
failure or problems. But it depends somewhat on who hosting
company is as to whether it is better or not. You may get
more control over your DNS by using the Namecheap interface,
such as the ability to create subdomains such as
members.domain.com or my.domain.com, or host many domains
under the same account without additional setup fees, but
you also have to be able to configure services at your
hosting company to return the correct page for anything
you set up to point to the IP number at your hosting
company.


KFW> and will the DNS change disrupt my 
KFW> website hosted by my hosting company?

No.

-Abigail


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