DNS problem with mydomain

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DNS problem with mydomain

I have set my xserve up as server.mydomain.co.uk and all seems fine only that when I try to visit my website, www.mydomain.co.uk, that is not hosted on my server, the machines on the network cant find it, all other websites work fine How do I tell them to look outside my network for all other parts of mydomain.co.uk and only look on my server for server.mydomain.co.uk

Any help would be gratefully received

G5 xserve, Mac OS X (10.5.1), MacBook Pro, MacPro, G5, xserve RAID

Posted on Jan 25, 2008 3:17 AM

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Leif Carlsson

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Jan 27, 2008 1:26 AM in response to TechWally

"How do I tell them to look outside my network for all other parts of mydomain.co.uk and only look on my server for server.mydomain.co.uk"

You don't.

You either add the public IP services in the internal DNS (www.mydomain.co.uk A <public ip> and so on for other public IP services - no need for MX pointers) or you use an other domainname internally.

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TechWally Author

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Jan 28, 2008 12:21 AM in response to Leif Carlsson

Thanks Leif,

I'll try that, i's great to have access to people who know what they're doing.

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TechWally Author

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Jan 28, 2008 1:53 AM in response to TechWally

Would it be possible for someone to give me a step by step walkthrough of how to do this, I'm a bit scared of totally screwing up my dns if I get it wrong, thanks again.

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Answer 4

Jan 28, 2008 4:34 AM in response to TechWally

You add them the same way as the internal IPs.

You just need to know the public "name" and IP.

You will probably end up with an extra reverse zone for the public IPs.

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TechWally Author

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Jan 28, 2008 5:07 AM in response to Leif Carlsson

Thanks Leif,

So I go to the add record drop down in server admin and choose add machine (A)
would that be correct? What do you mean by the public "name"

Thanks

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Answer 6

Jan 28, 2008 5:33 AM in response to TechWally

www.<domainname>

ftp.<domainname>

mail.<domainname>

whatever...

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TechWally Author

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Jan 28, 2008 5:37 AM in response to Leif Carlsson

Thanks Leif you're a star

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