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• 05-15-2008, 10:49 AM

  cgi_iis Joined on 05-15-2008, 10:42 AM Posts 4

  NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact Hello I have just got a dedicated Windows 2003 Standard Edition Server that has 1 dedicated public IP address. I want to have my newlly registered domain name to be hosted on this new server. The thing is I need a new NS's so that I can go to the control panel of the domain registering company (godaddy) and update my NS for this domain to point to the new server I just had. How do I setup/configure this NS on my new server? Note: This server doesn't come with domains control panel such as Plesk, so I need to manually do all the settings to have a valid NS (or DNS.. I don't know) in order to put them in the NS settings of my domain in godaddy to point to the new server.

• 05-15-2008, 3:15 PM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 10:27 AM Lawrenceville, NJ Posts 3,775	Re: NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact By NS do you mean Name Server?  I don't think you should have to change that. You just need the cname records to point to your IP. Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/

• 05-15-2008, 3:45 PM

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  cgi_iis Joined on 05-15-2008, 10:42 AM Posts 4

  Re: NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact I believe I need the Name Servers, now the Names Servers and I have for the domain are the default GoDaddy's (the registerant), so I need to have my own to change that GoDaddy's to the one I created. Anyway, if you still think I don't need all that, and you say I only need the cname records, then how do I do that? Is there are documentation that I can refer to to guide me through having those cnames?

• 05-15-2008, 4:32 PM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 10:27 AM Lawrenceville, NJ Posts 3,775

  Re: NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact I'm logged in now to the godaddy Total DNS Control Panel for a domain I manage. http://tdns.secureserver.net/index.php I don't see anything about "NS".  You don't want to be running a name server, let the big boys handle that. What you need to do is make sure that under the A (Host) section, the @ host points to your ip address and that under the CNAMES (Aliases) section, the www host points to @.  Godaddy should be able to help you with what ever support you need in configuring DNS with their service. Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/

• 05-16-2008, 1:06 AM

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  cgi_iis Joined on 05-15-2008, 10:42 AM Posts 4

  Re: NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact The thing is I don't have a serice contract with them to have them do all this service for me, I have a self-managed dedicated server and therefore I need to learn and do all that myself. Thus, I want some documentation to teach me how to do that, I don't know where to configure that CNAME (aliases) and such things, I'm new to thes terms, I even don't know what they mean, I'm almost zero in this, so I need some guidelines to teach me how to configure my server to host a specific website from the start to the end.

• 05-16-2008, 8:28 AM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 10:27 AM Lawrenceville, NJ Posts 3,775	Re: NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact Didn't they give you a control panel to manage your domain? Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/

• 05-16-2008, 9:12 AM

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  cgi_iis Joined on 05-15-2008, 10:42 AM Posts 4	Re: NS or DNS Setting/Configuration in a new Server Reply Contact I got it, thanks for the effort