Data102 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 when i am signing up for a vps product it asks me for my NS1 Prefix:eg.ns1(.yourdomain.com) and NS2 Prefix: eg. ns2(.yourdomain.com)? Is this asking me for authoritative DNS for my domains or recursive DNS for my name server? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpherp Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 It's asking what you want as your nameservers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsonwebhosting Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 We were looking at swapping it to a dropdown instead with the choices being "ns1 / dns1" or "ns2 / dns2" Beyond that, users really don't need this choice option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Data102 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 OK So I just went through my purchase procedure again and filled in our nameservers, ns1.data102.com, and ns2.data102.com and it did not build my /etc/resolv.conf file. So, on a lark, I rebuilt it again with just "ns1" and "ns2" and again, nothing in my VPS resolv.conf file. So, when I fill these are, are they applying the DNS information to the *domains* that I am (supposedly) ordering alongside my VPS or are they supposed to apply the listed DNS recursion settings to the VPS? Also, in the case of it being for the authoritative name servers for the domains that I am (not) purchasing, why would it ask for only the prefix instead of the FQDN of the nameservers; using just the prefix does not allow me to utilize my existing nameservers that may have no relationship to my new domain? Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Data102 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Also, while I await your answer of the above post, how do I turn off the feature? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Data102 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Anyone...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 No offense, but it sounds like you're rather new to how VPS, and dedicated servers for that matter, work. Those fields are there to ask the client what he wants his preferred nameservers to be called. And it can be used in any way you, as the VPS provider see fit. For us, we use it to setup their reverse DNS. And, if we did register the domain for the client then we setup those 2 A & NS records as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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