dns setup?

skeletal29

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Ok some one check out

http://www.dhs.org

I wanna set up the same thing.I have 1 ip adress. I want my friend to have sub domains off my domain and set up it up so when some one goes to ex

crazzy.mydomain.com it should forward to their ip...


can someone tell me a solution on how to do this?

 

Scarpozzi

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Contact your registrar and have them do it from their end. It's a domain alias that you need to setup. The domain alias shouldn't cost anything since it's just adding another pointer off your existing domain, but it all depends on your registrar...
 

skeletal29

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so your telling me there is no way i can do it my self?everytime someone signed up with dhs.org they have to contact their registar?

cant i do it all on my "server"?and how many sub domains can i get?
 

Scarpozzi

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When you change an alias for your domain, you're changing an IP record. Example: www.yourdomain.com points to one ip address while alias.yourdomain.com points to a different ip address. You can setup different aliases on your server, but you must be running NT Server or 2000 server to do so....IIS won't function properly without it(they cut your rights to do so). And while you may be able to run different aliases on the server side, you're still not able to re-route the ips if you're running in two different locations which is what I understood the question to be to begin with.

www.dhs.org should be able to help you out, but I've never dealt with them since I always let my registrar handle it...I mean, that's who I paid when I purchased my domains anyhow and since they handle all my dns changes for my primary site, why not secondaries as well?
If you find dhs.com as a possible solution for your needs, give them a try. ;)
 

dbx

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ask for controll over dns for your domain, then you can do it yourself instead of having to contact them everytime you want to add or change things. you'll have to keep a dns server with a static ip up though. not sure if that is a problem for you or not.
 

skeletal29

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no man i gave you dhs.org as a example.Thats what i wanna do.Currenty i am using them and their service is kick ass but i would like to know how they do it so i can set my own up soon.
 

bignick

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Ok so you want to be a DNS provider? Then go and setup a DNS server and your ready to go. The folks that started dhs.org, are part of an old project called Monolith. Some other guys from Monoloith started DynDNS.org. DynDNs.org has over 4 servers throughout the world that handle DNS resolution for their customers. It's run by FreeBsd or Solaris running BIND and using Perl to do the updates. Here's a some info on Bind and some on running a Dynamic Dns setup. It's not a walk in the park, you need a very good understanding of DNS and programming.

Now of course you could do it with Windows 2000 and provide DNS updates for Windows 2000 or XP clients. But that's a whole another can of worms.
 

RagManX

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If you want to run your own DNS, it really isn't that tough. Go buy O'Reilly's DNS and BIND book, set up a DNS server, and then update your nameserver entry at your registrar to point to your DNS server. You really are supposed to have 2 DNS servers for a domain, but I don't know if that old rule is still enforced or not. It takes a few days to get through the DNS book and setup your first DNS box, but it really isn't too hard once you get the basic DNS stuff running. I haven't configured my own DNS boxen for about 3 years, but I don't believe much has changed since I last did it.

RagManX