DNS needed to register domain...

[Scott]

What's the point of this newsgroup if I can't ask dumb questions?  I will go
out and buy that book, but in the meantime I still need help.

Thanks,
Scott

"Barry Margolin" <barmar at genuity.net> wrote in message
news:ArlN4.45$my3.747 at burlma1-snr2...
> In article <bLkN4.508$iU2.17529 at news.uswest.net>,
> Scott <sadams4 at NOSPAMuswest.net> wrote:
> >How does the secondary DNS work?  Does that mean that I have to have my
Web
> >sites on their server as well, because I'd like to get away from using
any
> >company other than the one I use for my DSL connection.  Would I be able
to
> >set up a secondary nameserver if I leased another IP address from my ISP?
> >Can both nameservers point to the same computer?  Sorry for all the
> >questions, but this is all new to me.
>
> Secondary DNS is a backup nameserver.  It automatically gets the contents
> of your domain from your server.  It has absolutely nothing to do with the
> location of your webserver; Granite Canyon provides no services other than
> free DNS service, they don't do web hosting.
>
> You could do it on one machine by configuring multiple IP addresses on it.
> However, I wouldn't recommend that.  The whole point of secondary DNS is
to
> provide fault tolerance -- if your machine or DSL connection goes down,
> there should still be a nameserver that can answer for your domain.
>
> BTW, before you even think of hosting your own DNS, run out and buy the
> O'Reilly DNS & BIND book.  It will answer all your basic questions about
> DNS; please don't post questions here unless you've already tried to
answer
> them by looking in the book.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
> Genuity, Burlington, MA
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