Question: Stupid network solutions question

[Seamus Roche]

I have a question for you guys.  I am moving a clients web hosting to a new provider.  Its a static site but I only want to update the Namespace info and not the MX records (email server).  I am guessing I just need to update the namespaces/ip addresses (ns1.foo.com etc.) I got from my new hosting provider and enter them into the A Records on the registrars site (network solutions). Can you confirm?

Regards,

Seamus

[Tom Kersten]

You're probably right, but technically it depends.

Are the nameservers changing? I use a separate company for all my DNS stuff, so, if I were to switch providers I wouldn't technically need to point my registrar to a different set of name servers.

Assuming they ARE changing, yes, you will need to:

1. Update your registrar and tell them the names/IPs of the new name servers at your new host.
2. Update your DNS entries to point the WWW and whatever else requests to the IP addresses of your new servers.

However, if they are changing it brings up a question: Won't you have to re-set up your MX records if the name servers are changing? Even if the MX records need to be the same values, won't they have to be set up at the new name servers?

-tom

[Seamus Roche]

The namespaces would be for dreamhost, which is different from the old host.  It seems network solutions just takes an ip address for its A NAME records.  

I am thinking I would update it like so (assuming my new IP is 123.456.789, and and the existing one for the mail address is 00.000.00).  Then not change anything for the MX Records or CNAME settings.  

IP Address (A Records)

Host                     TTL     Numeric IP

www                      7200    123.456.789

@ (none)                 7200    123.456.789

* (All others)           7200    123.456.789

mail.mydomain.com        7200    00.000.00

Mail Servers (MX Records)

Note: Mail Servers are listed in rank order

MXMailServer (Preference) TTL   

mail.mydomain.com.(10)    7200

I filed a ticket with dreamhost to see if they have the solution.

Regards,

Seamus

[Tom Kersten]

Hm. Ok. Cool. I've never run it through the registrar (vs. a separate DNS service)...this seems like it's the right path. ;-)

-tom

[Seamus Roche]

Yep that did it.  Just changing those first three records.  Its a lot more primitive than what I've used with Linode's DNS Manager.  Network solutions is lame.

Seamus

[Tom Kersten]

Cool. If anyone's looking for DNS hosting separate from your registrar, I've used DNSMadeEasy for several sites and have been happy with it. Free vanity name servers, cheap, reliable, fast (supposedly), etc...

Anyway, glad it worked, man.

-tom

[Nawara, Dan]

I'm thrilled with dnsimple.com they changed my life.

[Seamus Roche]

Good to know these things are out there.  You can really shoot yourself in the foot (i.e. screw up someones entire mail server) if you aren't careful.

[Tom Kersten]

Yea. I've only heard great things about them. Only downside I've *ever* heard is pricing. However, the same statements are made about EngineYard, Heroku, et al...so...

DNSimple is definitely who I'd check out/move to if I was in the market...

-tom

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Nawara, Dan <dna...@gmail.com> wrote: