DNS Management for more than one web server

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#20528 29-Mar-2008 13:12

I currently have a domain name pointing to my static IP at home for various things. I am also wanting to have a subdomain of that pointing to my hosting server.

Can anyone help me out as to how to set this up on the DNS server? I assume it would be an 'a' record?

Do I somehow need to forward the DNS request for the subdomain to the hosting server, which has it's own DNS server?

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#119532 29-Mar-2008 14:29

The domain registrar should have tools to allow you to manually change the records. If not they should allow you to request those changes.

Where's the domain registered?

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#119577 29-Mar-2008 17:29

It's registered with GoDaddy. I have added an A record for the subdomain to the DNS, and if I try to ping the subdomain it resolves as the IP address of the server I want it to, but I cant load anything in the browser, it just times out.

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#119580 29-Mar-2008 17:53

On GoDaddy you have the Total DNS Management link on each domain. Just add the records there. If you have done that and can resolve the domain correctly then you need to configure the server. I assume you have not created a header redirection for the proper subdomain name you are using...

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#119582 29-Mar-2008 18:00

Setup in GoDaddy Total DNS management and resolving correctly. Subdomain setup in server which creates DNS records on servers own DNS server (Server is running cPanel) so should be fine to load the page however it just doesnt load anything.

If I change the namesevers on the domain to the web servers it works, however when the DNS is being managed by GoDaddy nothing loads on the cPanel server. Server here works as expected (IIS displays site based on host header value).