DNS Frequently Asked Questions
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Tutorials and Instructions.
How soon will DNS changed take affect? If you are changing your record remember that it will take the TTL (time to live) seconds to expire before your new changes go into affect. You can set the TTL to any value you want but this is monitored for abuse. Reasonable values for a static IP are 21600 seconds (6 hours). Reasonable values for a Dynamic IP are 30 to 60 seconds. Domains which use the Secondary DNS solution are scheduled to be entered no earlier than 48 after you enter the data. This should give you more than enough time to configure your DNS to allow transfers to our Secondary Nameservers.
Secondary DNS: What nameservers do I use? Tell the Registrar with which you registered (or which you will register) that your domain will be using DNS Made Easy's secondary nameserver(s). You will have to provide some (or all) of the following information:
The domain name system (DNS) is the technology used that allows an Internet domain name to be translated into an Internet Protocol addresses. A domain name is a meaningful and easy-to-remember name for an Internet address. DNS handles the mapping between host names, which we humans find
convenient (example: www.DNSMadeEasy.com), and Internet addresses
which computers deal with (192.168.98.2). Very similar to how we all
use the telephone book. A domain name locates an organization or other entity on the Internet. For example DNSMadeEasy.com is for the DNS Made Easy organization. www.DNSMadeEasy.com is a computer in the DNS Made Easy organization. See FQDN. The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer (known as a host) on the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet. Very similar to a phone number. What is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) ? A Fully Qualified Domain Name is the complete name written to specify a node's (computer) location in the hierarchy. For example there may be two groups within the DNS Made Easy organization; sales and marketing. So we could use the sub domains sales.dnsmadeeasy.com and market.dnsmadeeasy.com. If there was to be a system in the marketing group the FQDN for this computer would be computer1.market.dnsmadeeasy.com. www.DNSMadeEasy.com is the FQDN for the webserver for the whole entire DNS Made Easy organization. Where as www.market.DNSMadeEasy.com could be the FQDN for the webserver for the marketing department inside of the DNS Made Easy organization. Managed DNS : What nameservers do I use? Each domain using DNS Made Easy as a "Managed" domain solution is assigned a group of nameservers for you to use. These namservers are assigned based on load and availability. You can view the nameservers that are assigned to your domain by:
Why is DNS Made Easy's Dynamic IP Solution better than the rest? How is DNS Made Easy different from other services?
Why is DNS Made Easy's Static IP Solution better than the rest? If you have a static IP DNS Made Easy gives you the tools and the help to get any domain functional in minutes.
Where can I find a detailed list of most technical terms? Goto www.whatis.com. Wildcard Records give you the ability to map all (or a section) of the records in your domain to one IP. All Wildcard records are created with A records. If you create a record that is part of your domain (and inclusive of the wild card set) then only that record is directed to the other IP and everything else will goto the Wildcard record. Example:
The 'www' record would goto 10.2.54.4 but all of the other IPs would goto 192.168.1.2 All members can create Wildcard records for their domains. What is a HTTP Redirection Record? HTTP Redirection Records allow you to map your FQDN to any URL of your choice. All users can create HTTP Redirection Records with any of the DNS Made Easy memberships.
TTL (time to live) is the amount of time that your record is cached in nameservers all around the Internet. If your IP changes often (or if you plan to move your computer to another IP) it is recommended to set your TTL to a lower value. Once your IP is on a static IP (or after you have transferred your system to the new IP) it is recommended to switch your IP to a higher value. The higher the TTL the faster the performance since most machines will have the value cached for a longer period of time. However a TTL that it too high often causes lengthy periods of downtime if your system is ever needs to switch IPs. All TTLs in DNS Made Easy are set is seconds. If your computer's IP is static then a recommended TTL is 12 hours.
(43200 seconds). DNS Made Easy does support Vanity DNS. In fact companies that charge extra for these services are just collecting money since there is very little they do. You in fact have to complete a few steps to get Vanity DNS up and running. We have a full step-by-step guide here. |
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