Topic: DNS and server name

[Richard Emory]

I installed the e-smith server and named her ns.mydomain.com.  Then re-newed my expired domain name mydomain.com last week.  I have been using anomyzers to test when the server could be seen from the outside world.  Tonight, just for fun I typed in ns.mydomain.com instead of www.mydomain.com and flash boom bash there is the web page.  What gives.  My registar has ns.mydomain.com pointing to the e-smith box when you do a whois you see ns.mydomain.com at 111.222.333.444 which is the same ip I can type in from the "outside" and see the web page.  But I type in www.mydomain.com and nnnnooooooo wwaaaayyyyy ddduuuddee!?! site down?!? opossum dead !!

Do I have to change the registars records to read www.mydomain.com AND rename my server www?  Or is there a better solution?

Tanks in advice
JREJR

[Dick Travis]

I think that you should name your server "mydomain.com" not "ns.mydomain.com".  That should do it... I think.

[Richard Emory]

I have reset the server name to the default and still the outside world cannot see my web page when they type in "http://www.structuralsupport.net".  To see the web page you have to type in "http://ns.structuralsupport.net".  I don't get e-mail either at "jrejr@structuralsupport.net".  Help please.

E-mail that works is sremory@iname.com

[Charlie Brady]

Richard Emory wrote:
 
> I have reset the server name to the default and still the
> outside world cannot see my web page when they type in
> "http://www.structuralsupport.net".  To see the web page you
> have to type in "http://ns.structuralsupport.net".  I don't
> get e-mail either at "jrejr@structuralsupport.net".  Help
> please.

Your problems are in the DNS setup of your domain, not in the e-smith server itself. You need to speak to your service provider and get them to create a proper DNS structure for structuralsupport.net. You need (at least) two external name servers (the e-smith server's name server is not publicly available), a valid SOA record, an MX record, and an A record for www.structuralsupport.net. If you don't know what all this means, your service provider should.

Charlie

[Richard Emory]

So my ISP should be listed as the DNS server one and two which point to my e-smith as the www, mail, ftp server for my domain?  

Could I load tinyDNS to be an external DNS server?  It is charooted and does not run as root.  That way I could be the server for my domain.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Richard Emory