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Hi Simon On 2 Jun 2009, at 11:55, Simon Waters wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> >> From experience >> DNS seems to be rather complicated and easy to screw up if you don't >> know what you're doing. > > DNS is relatively simple - at least if you stay away from dynamically > updating it, and the mysteries of DNSSEC (which most people do for > better or worse). > > On the other hand it definitely is very easy to screw up, and you want > DNS servers at diverse locations (or you will do as soon as you > start to > grow), so delegate it to the people who supply your domain name. > > Also before buying from someone check they have diverse name servers > in > use. > > I get pissed off when users ring up, and it becomes very apparent they > bought their domain from some cheap skate outfit that has "2" (?) DNS > servers with sequential IP addresses running MS DNS, and are surprised > when their website and email both disappear suddenly for short > periods. > Thanks for the reply. What I currently have is space on a shared hosting set-up and I am redirecting sites via that. However, I buy my domains through fasthosts and will be trying their ip redirect set-up. Thanks for the advice. -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html