Some stupid hosting questions

[Mad-Sci]

Hey again guys,

Ok say Im buying some space from company X however this company does not register doamain name. I guess I will have to register the domain with different company Y. How to I link both companies...so my domain name will point to company X were my site is ?

Any suggestion for a cheap domain registration ?

One more thing it seems that my personal info will be seen if someone uses WHOIS..how to protect from that one ?
//I figure that one out..

thnx

ms

[atRax]

Point your DNS from the registrar to your DNS location servers.

example :

rt11.goddady.com

must be change to

your.dns.com

The DNS must be done where you registered your .com.
Inform you whit your host on what is your DNS.

Then change it.

[Ghostgirl705]

just a suggestion, I usually register with
http://www.active-domain.com/
they're cheap and easy, just how everyone likes it.

[Mad-Sci]

Ok so let me see if I got it:

I go to Godaddy.com and register domain name madsci.com

then I go to Globat.com and by the hosting.

go to Godaddy.com and replace the DNS with the DNS provided by Globat..

is that it ?

ms

[Ghostgirl705]

Exact-a-mundo, my friend. Give it 24 hours to change over

[flipshark]

Actually the propogation takes closer to 48 hours.

[Mad-Sci]

Ok thanx guys,
I just both a domain name from registerfly.com how long does it takes to show up on the WhoIs look up because still it shows up as Available ?
ms

[random_fool]

Originally posted by flipshark
Actually the propogation takes closer to 48 hours.

Actually the propagation of .com, .net, and .biz take about 10 minutes (and it's been this way for a number of months).

One of the very few good things that Verisign has done is rapid updates for DNS changes.

[flipshark]

started mine for isharks.com on saturday at 4PM today is sunday at 640PM and still not propogated yet.

At least not for me.

That's more than 10 minutes.

[random_fool]

Originally posted by flipshark
started mine for isharks.com on saturday at 4PM today is sunday at 640PM and still not propogated yet.

At least not for me.

That's more than 10 minutes.

If the site had been live in the past, you have to worry about DNS caching for up to the TTL (or twice the TTL, if you're sitting behind windows anywhere).

If it's a virgin domain, and it takes more than 20 minutes, find yourself a new registrar (I see isharks registered through godaddy - did you pull it live on one hosting, then try to change the dns servers? the old servers may get cached, but the root zone is updated every 5 minutes - the rest of the internet will see it live on the new host before you, because you get the cached records).

[flipshark]

Originally posted by random_fool
If the site had been live in the past, you have to worry about DNS caching for up to the TTL (or twice the TTL, if you're sitting behind windows anywhere).

If it's a virgin domain, and it takes more than 20 minutes, find yourself a new registrar (I see isharks registered through godaddy - did you pull it live on one hosting, then try to change the dns servers? the old servers may get cached, but the root zone is updated every 5 minutes - the rest of the internet will see it live on the new host before you, because you get the cached records).

It is a virgin domain, registered about 2 weeks ago. Hosting bought friday, name servers switched saturday. Still hasn't switched over for me.

When I type isharks.com I see the godaddy parking page not my hosting page at globat.

It has been too long now, I'll have to email godaddy.

[random_fool]

The two weeks between when you registered your domain and changed the DNS disqualifies the 'virgin' point - it only applies if there's NEVER been a lookup for the NS records of that domain. I'm almost positive that in the 2 weeks, you looked up the record once (visit the godaddy holding page, etc?).

If it's really not working, I'm honestly surprised.