Setting up separate DNS server for subdomain

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  • Pedja
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 329

    Setting up separate DNS server for subdomain

    Here is my problem. I host domain.com here on dathorn, but I also have dedicated internet link with public IP in my hands. I've set DNS zone on domain.com to forward subdomian.domain.com to public IP i own, so i can handle services there.

    I also established DNS server on my IP which handles all subdomains on subdomain.domain.com (i.e. subsubdomain1.subdomain.domain.com, and subsubdomain2.subdomain.domain.com). DNS works ok, and it answers for requests but there is a problem. I do not know what to set in DNS zone of domain.com to let everyone asking for subsubdomains to be forwarded to DNS on my public IP. I do not want to use Dathorn DNS for subsubdomains.
  • Pedja
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 329

    #2
    Nobody?

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    • -Oz-
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2004
      • 545

      #3
      a little advanced IMHO try http://www.sitepointforums.com
      Dan Blomberg

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      • Buddha
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2004
        • 825

        #4
        Read the question and thought about it (three times now), just nothing useful to add. Hope you share the answer if you find one though.
        "Whatcha mean I shouldn't be rude to my clients?! If you want polite then there will be a substantial fee increase." - Buddha

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        • sdjl
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2004
          • 502

          #5
          How about setting this under WHM's edit zone information for a domain:

          *.subdomain.domain.com 14400 IN A 123.456.78.90

          Obviously changing the relevant data to yours

          I use *.domain.com pointing to an IP and it works fine, so i can't see why adding my example above wouldn't work. Give it a try.

          David
          -----
          Do you fear the obsolescence of the metanarrative apparatus of legitimation?

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          • djn
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2004
            • 140

            #6
            Sorry for being late to the party (I just missed this post). What you should do is:

            1) Create a glue A record for your home DNS

            myserver IN A your.IP.address.here

            2) Delegate the subdomain zone

            subdomain IN NS myserver.domain.com

            Done that, google for "dns zone delegation" and you'll find a couple of online services where you can check the result.

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            • Pedja
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2004
              • 329

              #7
              djn, that is exactly what I treid and failed before I asked here.

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              • sdjl
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2004
                • 502

                #8
                I presume you allowed it enough time to propogate across the internet before trying it...

                David
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                Do you fear the obsolescence of the metanarrative apparatus of legitimation?

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                • djn
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 140

                  #9
                  Whoops! This was straight out of the BIND manual.
                  What kind of errors are you actually getting? Can you point out where in the process is it failing?

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