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

[Steven Ames]

If you put the pacbell.net address it'll be rejected because if you use a
hostname that
is not already a registered host you are implying that it should become a
registered
host. Since you are not an authoritative contact for 'pacbell.net' you will
be rejected.
Use your own domain name: ns1.mydomain.com and the IP. ns1.mydomain.com
will then become a registered host and to change its IP in the future you
can submit
a host change form and not a zone change form.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackrabbit Slim" <jackrabbit at taxplus.net>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: Why are they asking for both the DNS server and the IP?


>
> So if my dsl provider (Pacbell) has assigned me a host name of
> "adsl-123-456-789-123.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net" should I put that into the
> first field?
>
> or should I put www.mydomain.com in there assuming that the ip address I
put
> into the second field will make it stick?
>
> Could I leave the first field blank and still expect it to work?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of Brad Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:15 AM
> To: Jackrabbit Slim; bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: Why are they asking for both the DNS server and the IP?
>
>
>
> you want to do it the second way...
>
> first DNS: should be the host and domain name of the box.. aka
> www.mydomain.com
> first IP: the ip address of the dns server
>
>
> Brad
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jackrabbit Slim <jitterbuggin at balboafeet.com>
> To: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:48 AM
> Subject: Why are they asking for both the DNS server and the IP?
>
>
> >
> > I have a domain registered that I want to point to my Linux box.  When I
> go
> > to change the DNS entry for the domain there are 4 fields I can fill in:
> >
> > First DNS:
> > First IP:
> > Second DNS:
> > Second IP:
> >
> > I have set up the most simple case... both BIND and Apache on my single
> > Linux box at 123.456.789.123.  I should be able to just fill in a single
> one
> > of those 4 fields to point to the named server on the box right?  Like
so:
> >
> > First DNS: 123.456.789.123
> > First IP:
> > Second DNS:
> > Second IP:
> >
> > or should it be like this?:
> >
> > First DNS:
> > First IP: 123.456.789.123
> > Second DNS:
> > Second IP:
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>