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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 22 April 2004 : 22:39:44
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The DNS server has space for 4 lines/addresses.
I have sites at two different web hosts, old and new one.
To make sure the site is served, can I put the 2 addresses of each host in the DNS server?
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Alfred
The Battle Group
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 22:49:06
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| You mean set two host records for the same FQDN to different IP addresses? |
Erick
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 22:52:09
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Yes, because my new one is not quite up yet.
And rather than wait and debug etc. I thought I will point to the old one until all works at the new. |
Alfred
The Battle Group
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 22:59:29
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| I don't think it will work, even if DNS does allow you to do such a thing. It will always go to the first record it finds anyways. |
Erick
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 23:00:54
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Check with your registrar support. I think it's probably a bad idea. It will certainly play havoc with your users when sometimes they end up at your old site, sometimes the new one.
I'm not a DNS guru but there are other behind the scenes functions like zone transfers and such that might totally hose your domain DNS.
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 23:10:19
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I was afraid so, but had to try asking!
That means that after waiting all day to propagate the new pointers I have to take them out again, just so that service might be up tomorrow morning. |
Alfred
The Battle Group
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 April 2004 : 02:49:30
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| you definately can't do it, it will just default to he first available alias, best thing to do is set up a subdomain for the new one, then when it is ready change your main IP to the new site and set up a divert from the old to the new using the subdomain. |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 24 April 2004 : 16:56:41
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That sounds like a good method, and I will try to remember it for the next time I have to move my domain.
As a matter of fact, what I am currently doing has the same effect.
I tested my site on my localhost, then uploaded it to the new host, and now I keep checking on it with a temporary URL, which the host gave me. When it all clicks I'll put a referral page on my old server and change the DNS pointers to the new one.
Actually, that had been my intentions from the start, but alas - my emails to the new host went unanswered (where have I suffered this before? ;-)) until I gave up and just changed the DNS hoping it would work. As more often than not, it didn't.
At least I got a phone call next morning, and it may turn out to be a good host after all. But, all the same, I will know next time. |
Alfred
The Battle Group
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