Hi there,
I was wondering if people knew how to add the WWW prefix to a subdomain.
I have set up the sub-domain
http://sub.domain.com
Though the people I set the site up for can't get their head around that and have gone off and print business cards and letterheads in the following format
www.sub.domain.com
So solution is to edit the DNS, but Im unsure how as the Windows 2000 DNS server is not letting me create a new host www.subdomain
Any help / pointers in the right direct would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
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| Originally Posted by Phil_work Hi there,
I was wondering if people knew how to add the WWW prefix to a subdomain.
I have set up the sub-domain
http://sub.domain.com
Though the people I set the site up for can't get their head around that and have gone off and print business cards and letterheads in the following format
www.sub.domain.com
So solution is to edit the DNS, but Im unsure how as the Windows 2000 DNS server is not letting me create a new host www.subdomain
Any help / pointers in the right direct would be much appreciated.
Cheers, |
How are you trying to create www.subdomain.domain.com within windows 2000 DNS? And is it showing an error when you try?
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Thanks for replying to the thread, yeah Im trying to create
www.subdomain.domain.com.au
In the DNS Zone file.
I have the following
www (cname)
but when I trying and create a new cname www.subdomain I can not put the . in there..
I have tried editing the Host Header file in IIS To be www.subdomain.domain.com.au but to no avail either...
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| Originally Posted by Phil_work Thanks for replying to the thread, yeah Im trying to create
www.subdomain.domain.com.au
In the DNS Zone file.
I have the following
www (cname)
but when I trying and create a new cname www.subdomain I can not put the . in there..
I have tried editing the Host Header file in IIS To be www.subdomain.domain.com.au but to no avail either... |
Try creating another A record pointing the IP address to www.subdomain.domain.com.au
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| Originally Posted by hiker Try creating another A record pointing the IP address to www.subdomain.domain.com.au |
Sorry for the long delay.
In my DNS file I have
www.subdomain A webhost.myserver.com.au
What should the DNS file look like? Should the value on the right of the A record be a IP address or server name as above?
Should I be using an A record should I be using a CNAME?
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| Originally Posted by Phil_work Sorry for the long delay.
In my DNS file I have
www.subdomain A webhost.myserver.com.au
What should the DNS file look like? Should the value on the right of the A record be a IP address or server name as above?
Should I be using an A record should I be using a CNAME? |
Using an A record is fine... make it look like:
www.sub.domain.com IN A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(Where xxx is the IP address of your server.)
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| Originally Posted by hiker Using an A record is fine... make it look like:
www.sub.domain.com IN A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(Where xxx is the IP address of your server.) |
I have update the zone file.. When I open the DNS manager, I do not see any of the changes I have made.. Should the above work for Windows 2000 DNS??
Its driving me crazy
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| Originally Posted by Phil_work I have update the zone file.. When I open the DNS manager, I do not see any of the changes I have made.. Should the above work for Windows 2000 DNS??
Its driving me crazy |
Let me see what the rest of your zone file looks like.
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Instead of www.bbyf, try the entire domain declaration:
www.bbyf.servername.com.au
(I'm assuming the rest of your DNS is working fine, with the exception of the www.subdomain ?)
And yes, it should work regardless of the OS you're running DNS from.
Also keep in mind that changes don't necessarily propogate right away. And make sure to restart your DNS server after changes.
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