Nameserver issues

[Shaan]

Thankyou Remco!

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 18:13, Remco Rijnders <remco at webconquest.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 04:16:23PM +0200, Shaan wrote:
>
>> Where I'm getting confused is, is how do I get ns1.example.com and ns2 to
>> be
>> the nameservers for the domain?
>>
>> The domain is with namecheap, where I have the A record pointing to
>> #.#.#.50, and I have registered the nameservers at namecheap, with ns1
>> pointing to #.#.#.50 and ns2 pointing to #.#.#.51.
>>
>> I've added the required entry in mararc to point to the db file, and in
>> the
>> db file I just have
>>
>> ns1.example.com. NS #.#.#.50
>> ns2.example.com. NS #.#.#.51
>>
>> Is that all that needs to be done or am I still missing something?
>>
>
> Hi Shaan,
>
> If you have registered the domain through namecheap, they should allow you
> to point the nameservers to your chosen nameservers and IP addresses. That
> is, you don't have to do anything on your server or with maradns to do this,
> but have to arrange this through the registrar.
>
> You can check what the current nameservers for your domain are set to by
> doing:
>
> whois domain.co.za
>
> from a linux shell prompt, or by using a whois webinterface such as at
> http://whois.domaintools.com/ (on the registration tab).
>
> It is possible that you first have to register your nameservers with
> namecheap before you can use them for your domains, but that depends on
> their policies and interfaces.
>
> If you're still stuck on this, contact namecheap support as they should be
> able to help you further with this.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Remco
>