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Development Tools Technology Foundations DNS Basics DNS Hosting

Posted by shubhamvinay
shubhamvinay
3,741 Points

Question on set-up if different DNS, Host and Domainname provider

So if I have different DNS provider, Host provider and Domainname provider. Then all I need to do is go to the DNS provider and map my domain name to the ip address that is given by my host provider ?

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

If I'm understanding you correctly, you've got it right.

Eric Amundson
Eric Amundson
19,530 Points
Eric Amundson
Eric Amundson
19,530 Points

Yes, exactly.

The domain's name servers point to the DNS provider, which is in charge of directing traffic for all domain services (web, ftp, mail, VoIP, etc.)

So, you'd log in to your DNS provider and point the domain's A record(s) to the IP address of your host.