[thelist] Web Host NT Setup Help

[Michael Goddard]

Ok, I am understanding everything you have mentioned.  I appreciate all your
help and feedback.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Dexter [mailto:sgd at ti3.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:29 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: RE: [thelist] Web Host NT Setup Help



> Registered through Network Solutions using their online form
> and currently
> have that domain "parked" on their server for the time being.  Did not
> provide own DNS server at the time of sign up.

okay. From here you provide two DNS servers that will host the name
services for the domain. These DNS servers must be registered hosts with
NetSol (actually, the greater Whois database). Hosting the name services
for the domain is different than the web server itself (as you're coming
to find out =) )

>
> What is going on right now is that the client has bought a
> web server so
> that they can host the web site "In House".  They recently purchased a
> Microsoft NT Server with IIS.  The network administrator has
> given me the IP
> Address for the Primary and the Secondary servers.  From

He needs to give you their DNS names. As you're finding out, NetSol
doesn't like IP addresses for DNS servers. If NetSol pukes on trying to
add the servers by their names, you (I'd try to make the net admin guy
do it) will have to register the hosts with NetSol, too.

Once you've added the DNS servers, double check with your net admin that
he has the zone file set up and ready to go and point at the new web
server. From there it's in his court.

Hope this helps--
sgd