DNS Redirect Question

[killumanati]

Currently I host my own domain and dns server from my dsl connection. What I was wondering was, if at any point my web site became to much for my dsl modem could I create an alias entry for my web server and point it NOT to "AN IP ADDRESS" but point it "TO A URL"

FOR
Example

person types in www.abc.com
instead of my dns server saying that www.abc.com = 10.2.1.2 have it say
www.abc.com = http://www.hostyoursite.com/yoursite

If this would not work how else could you do a redirection to another site only using "DNS"

 

[Beau]

Are you wanting to do this automatically as some type of a overflow tollerance or as something that you can do manually in the future?

 

[ScottMac]

Well, no.

DNS is DNS...web is web.

Just put a link at the primary site to redirect content to the other site...or have your host do the redirection.

Leave DNS alone...TCP/IP has taken enough of a beating with Microsoft always trying to Smurf-a-fy things....

FWIw

Scott

 

[killumanati]

Well I want to do this manually in the future if the need arises to a have a faster connection that hosts my site....

 

[RagManX]

DNS turns a name into a number. That's it. If you need the redirection, you'll have to set your web server to automagically redirect based on the site name requested.

RagManX

 

[marat]

<< Currently I host my own domain and dns server from my dsl connection. What I was wondering was, if at any point my web site became to much for my dsl modem could I create an alias entry for my web server and point it NOT to "AN IP ADDRESS" but point it "TO A URL"

FOR
Example

person types in www.abc.com
instead of my dns server saying that www.abc.com = 10.2.1.2 have it say
www.abc.com = http://www.hostyoursite.com/yoursite

If this would not work how else could you do a redirection to another site only using "DNS" >>



What you can do (it will work for web pages only)

1. Make a frame on www.abc.com. It will display title and http://www.hostyoursite.com/yoursite inside a frame. User will think, that he is on www.abc.com, whereas he downloads only a few bytes from it.
Advantages: User will think he is on www.abc.com
Disadvantages: User will see www.abc.com for all pages, meaning www.abc.com/test.html will not work.

2. use Header directive to redirect user's browser to http://www.hostyoursite.com/yoursite. You can also use very simple html page.
Advantages: Easy. Redirect. Done
Disadvantages: User will be confused because of jumping from www.abc.com to http://www.hostyoursite.com/yoursite

Some domain registrars will let you do 1 and 2 with a few clicks and changes will be active within seconds.
Mail requeres somewhat different approach.

 

[Bleep]

I am not sure what you are asking but I use a site redirect service that hides the url of the server site. Best of all it is free. Look at zoneedit.com.
Bleep