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If You Have Your Own Nameservers Enter That Information Here:

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ok.. here's what the site that i'm registering my domain at says.. I am going to be my own server..

If You Have Your Own Nameservers Enter That Information Here:

it then ask's for

Primary Name Server Name:
Primary Name Server IP Address:
Secondary Name Server Name:
Secondary Name Server IP Address:

How can I find these out? I mean I know my DNS server IP's.. for both primary and secondary; but where can I find out the names? I'm on Pacbell DSL Ethernet 300

-Paradoxz

P.S. Thank you!
 
Hi,
You can do a 'whois' lookup for your ISP. If you don't have any luck there, most name servers start with NS1 and NS2. For example, Your ISP's name servers may be called NS1.yourisp.com and NS2.yourisp.com. Another thing you could try is use a DNS service such as . It's a free service and you can change your 'A' records and 'MX' records as often as you like and you don't have to wait 48 to 72 hours for the changes to take effect. If you are working on your webserver, you can forward to any webpage. You can also do the same for your mail. Good luck.
 
Hi,

You can also try the command :

dig yourisp.com NS

However, do you mean you are going to host your own DNS server (bind) on linux ? In that case, you would give your static IP address (as provided by ISP) and (by convention) ns1.yournewdomainname.com & ns2.yournewdomainname.com. The way it works is pretty much as shown in the above 'dig' command. If a user requests something at your domain then that user's ISP's dns server will (unless the answer is cached already) essentially send a query to obtain the addresses of the nameservers for the domain. It will then directly contact those servers for an answer and use the IP address obtained thereafter.

Regards


 
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