OT: Which Domain Name Server to use?

When the company I work for first set up our web site, the
site was hosted

at Interland and we used their DNS. We later moved on to
hosting the site on

our own server, and we used the DNS from the T1 provider
(Time Warner

Wisconsin).



We want to add a new ''A record'' to the domain for eventual
VPN access by

employees (rather than make them remember the IP address),
and I am reminded

of how user unfriendly TW is. You have to email a request for
DNS changes to

them as a ''zone listing'' text file (


http://info.twtelecom.net/info.php?id=10
) from the contact email address

listed on the account. You have to send the data for the
entire record to

them, not just the changes to it. They have no online
interface to walk you

through changes to the DNS record.



I noticed that our domain registrar (Network Solutions)
offers free DNS, so

I am unclear on why we chose to use TW's service instead.
Either we thought

we were required to, we were told by TW that we were required
to, we really

are required to, or they just set it up that way for us when
the service was

first purchased.



Is there any reason why we need to use the T1's DNS over
another?



Is Network Solutions reliable for DNS?



If we decide to change from TW to NS, will there be any
interrruption of our

web or email traffic during the propagation? (the server will
not be going

offline or having it's IP address changed)





OT: Which Domain Name Server to use?
Hi Matt,



%26gt;

%26gt;

%26gt; Is there any reason why we need to use the T1's DNS over
another?



No reason I can think of, reliability might be the only
thing. Depending on

the new DNS provider, their servers may not be as reliable as
the one you're

currently with.

%26gt;

%26gt; Is Network Solutions reliable for DNS?



Haven't done anything with them.



%26gt;

%26gt; If we decide to change from TW to NS, will there be any
interrruption of

%26gt; our web or email traffic during the propagation? (the
server will not be

%26gt; going offline or having it's IP address changed)

In theory there shouldn't be any downtime, but there might be
a slight one

as the DNS replicate info as to your DNS change.





OT: Which Domain Name Server to use?
On 11 May 2007 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Matt wrote:



%26gt; When the company I work for first set up our web site,
the site was

%26gt; hosted at Interland and we used their DNS. We later
moved on to

%26gt; hosting the site on our own server, and we used the DNS
from the T1

%26gt; provider (Time Warner Wisconsin).



I use ZoneEdit (
http://zoneedit.com/) for a few
domains, and haven't had

any problems with them. There are a number of other free DNS
companies.



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Joe Makowiec


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