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A few questions before bubba hits the WWW. DNS settings etc

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GaryL
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Joined: 04 Sep 2007, 17:40
Location: Northern Ireland

A few questions before bubba hits the WWW. DNS settings etc

Post by GaryL »

Hi guys

Although I probably should be asking elsewhere, I thought I’d try here anyway as you guys may know.

I recently changed my broadband isp and they have kindly provided me with a static IP address.
Now I would like to tie my old domain name that I had with my old web hosting package to my bubba, but how do I go about this?

Is it just a matter of logging into my control panel (at 123-Reg) and selecting to change DNS settings.
And pointing the WWW and @ A Type records to point to my static IP address?
Also what do I need to do with the MX Records do I change this to my IP address as well?

On bubba's side do I need to do anything other than entering my domain that I want bubba to handle emails for?
Does bubba’s hostname need to equal my domain, at the minute the hostname is just bubba?

Gary
Cheeseboy
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Joined: 08 Apr 2007, 12:16

Post by Cheeseboy »

Hi Gary,

Just set up the A and MX records as yourdomain.com, pointing to your ip address. You can then set up aliases such as www, ftp, mail etc pointing to the A entry.

At least that's what I did.
I then only changed the domain name on my bubba. It is still called bubba on my internal network.

Cheers,

Holidayboy, posting from his Nintendo DS.
GaryL
Posts: 87
Joined: 04 Sep 2007, 17:40
Location: Northern Ireland

Post by GaryL »

Woohoo it works, Thanks :D
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