how do I add a domain

[Will Yardley]

Jeff Donovan wrote:
 
> All i want to do is set up a web server for veggiechinese.net on my
> web server.

you can't do that!!!! it's mine.

> My current web server already hosts mydomain.com with the ip 10.1.1.3.
> forward and reverse are already being done for that IP, how do I get
> lookups for veggiechinese.net to pint to that particular site without
> being resolved for mydomain.com

well you can set both to have the same foward lookup (ie add an A record
for both domains to the same IP.  in fact you probably want to add at
least 4 A records - for domain.com and www.domain.com - all pointing to
the same IP.

you can have as many A records as you want pointing to the same IP.

the reverse lookup should really just resolve to one name.  if that's a
problem, get another IP address and configure it on the webserver and
use that for the new domain instead.

> this make any sense?  The IP is already listed. Do I list it twice?
> once in the zone file for mydomain.com and the other for
> veggiechinese.net with the same ip. Or do i dual IP the machine with
> another IP from my subnet, lets say 10.1.1.4?

you can do either. it might be cleaner to use a different IP but it
doesn't really matter provided your webserver can differentiate.  note
that some REALLY old browsers won't work with name based virtual hosting
which is what you'd probably have to do in Apache (assuming that's what
your webserver is running) to get both names to show up if they're on
the same IP.  this isn't a DNS question tho - it's an apache question.

personally, if i had more IP addresses available i'd leave each site on
a static IP but either way should work.

HTH.

w

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