Why are they asking for both the DNS server and the IP?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9uj3kc$n5o at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Jackrabbit Slim  <jitterbuggin at balboafeet.com> wrote:
>My question here is that I don't really understand why they ask for both the
>DNS server and an IP.  Which one I should fill in?

NS records in DNS always point to host names, not IP addresses, so you have
to provide the nameserver names.

The registrar also asks for the IP address in case they need to create a
glue record (this is needed if the nameserver's name is in the domain being
delegated to it).

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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