Re: [PLUG] verizon dsl static external address

["Lee H. Marzke" <lee@marzke.net>]

I've had very good service from  zoneeddit for DNS hosting.  
They give you the first two zones for free.   They also have
dynamicIP service ( though I avoid that if possible ),  and
support for  TXT records ( for your mailserver SPF records )

In my case I host zone records for many systems outside my
office, so I need something very reliable and not sensitive
to my ISP or server being down for maintenance, etc.


Lee



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Freeman" <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net>
> To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 13 October, 2011 1:15:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] verizon dsl static external address
> 
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Ron Kaye Jr
> <rekaye1005@verizon.net> wrote:
> > do i contact godaddy (sold me ronaldkaye.net) to associate this ip
> > (external
> > interface on linksys router) with my domain name?
> 
> You need to contact your DNS server provider for this - that might be
> godaddy or somebody else.  If it is godaddy I have no idea if they
> actually will let you control your DNS records or if they just point
> it at a parking page so that they can make money from their ads on
> your domain.
> 
> Right now your DNS is provided by "Special Domain Services, Inc." -
> which seems to be associated with godaddy.
> 
> You can contract DNS from anybody you want to or even run your own,
> although you'd need to have a static IP on the box you use to run
> DNS.
>  If you choose a different DNS provider you need to provide godaddy
> with the addresses of their nameservers so that they can point your
> domain to them.
> 
> In my case I obtain DNS from my registrar because it is free and
> decent, but I picked my registrar with that in mind.  However, it is
> common to obtain registration and DNS services from different
> companies.
> 
> Rich
> ______
___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group         --        http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug