dns setup to eliminate using www

[pcljohn]

I am new to DNS and want to configure dns to find web sites using domain.com verses using

http://www.domain.com.

I have Advanced server 2000, IIS and DNS loaded on the server.

If anyone knows of a quick start guide that I can access or download off the web, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[nobleman]

You lost me ? You mean your site ? You want to access your site doing say domain.com instead of

http://www.domain.com

?

Let me know

CNE, MCSE, SCSA, CLS, CCSA, CCSE, CCNA, CCNP, MCNS, IP Telephony, CVoice, CSS1, CCIE and CISSP(prog)

Noble Computing, Inc.
Consulting
kshaffer@noblecomputing.com

 

[GlenJohnson]

I just tested several, and see no reason you need www. Try typing in help.com in a browser and see what happens. You might be surprised. Good luck.

Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K



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[ChrisAC]

In order to use domain.com without using the

http://www bit

you need to create an A record for domain.com. In the example of help.com, if you look up the domain you will see ...

help.com. 300 A 206.16.0.148

... as well as ..

http://www.help.com.

300 CNAME abv-sfo1-redirect.cnet.com
abv-sfo1-redirect.cnet.com. 300 A 206.16.0.148

This means that both

http://www.help.com

and help.com resolve to the same IP address. Of course, the server on that address will need a virtual for both those names in order to serve the page.

Chris.

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