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A name server is a computer server that hosts a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service.

A name server is a computer server that hosts a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It maps a human-recognizable identifier to a system-internal, often numeric, identification or addressing component. This service is performed by the server according to a network service protocol.

Examples of name servers is the Domain Name System (DNS), one of the two principal name spaces of the Internet. The most important function of these DNS servers is the translation (resolution) of human-memorable domain names and hostnames into the corresponding numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, the second principal Internet name space which is used to identify and locate computer systems and resources on the Internet.

Source: Wikipedia.

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Recommendations for running a local nameserver

I have a domain and a web-app written in PHP running on Ubuntu 12.04. When a user registers, I would like to give that user a unique subdomain which needs to resolve to an IP independently of the website (meaning I can't just do a redirect with a…
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Nameserver not resolving or domain not pingable

Sorry, if anyone can think of a better title please change it! I want to host my own websites from home. For testing purposes, I have a virtual machine running a trial version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. Note I currently run a VPS and host my…
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Which nameserver to use?

I would like some advice about how to manage the DNS in my company. We have many ways to manage them: - Directly using the registrar. - Using our own server (Rackspace Cloud for us). - Using our website management interface (cPanel). I'm about to…
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How to figure out why sites on my server aren't loading?

I seem to randomly receive "page cannot load, cannot connect to server" errors for sites on one of my servers. when this happens, it seems to only happen on certain IPs or IP ranges at a time. I say this because while I'll get the error from my home…
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How to make a registred domain name point to an IP address?

I bought a domain name with A Small Orange. Next, I bought a VPS with SoftsysHosting. The VPS is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and I would like to know, how to make people who visit my domain, go to my IP address. I understand something about…
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Do VPS nameservers have to be based on real domains

I am curious after I read in this post that the vps's hostname can be arbitrary named and does not need to be based on a real registered domain Some questions regarding Hostname. Is it possible also to have a nameserver name that does not contain…
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Catch-all Domains Windows DNS

We are trying to set up Windows DNS for our nameservers ns1.sitegen.co and ns2.sitegen.co. Is is possible to catchall domain names using those nameservers in Windows DNS instead of creating individual forward lookup zones for every domain we wish to…
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Domain registrar, DNS hosting, Web hosting A little confusion

I've .com domain and a php webhosting. I can easily manage to setup nameserver in registrar and hosting and connected my domain to my host. But I cant understand what the dns hosting part do. I've googled but couldn't find a easy-to-understand…
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How do I check what my domain name's current nameservers are?

I switched nameservers last night, but I don't know if it has fully made the switch yet. I want to ping my domain name and see what nameservers it is set as...
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free DNS hosting service (e.g. mybind.com / xname.org)

(please note, I have not much knowledge about these things - so I might use some terms incorrectly) I registered a domain name (only the name, no web hosting) and want to use it with google apps. Before I can do so, I need to have a name server…
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.co.za Nameserver issue

I am trying to change the nameservers on a .co.za domain to the private nameservers set up on my dedicated server, but I get the error below. The nameservers work fine for a .co.uk domain name. Not sure what to do, any help will be more than…
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How to configure initial setup of cPanel nameservers?

I'm setting up my first cPanel server on centos and I'm a bit of a newb. Its asked me to enter in nameserver addresses ie ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com so I can then delegate my domains to it. I'm wondering though, when the domain I will be…
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Multiple servers on only 3 nameservers

I've been googling for days now and I can't seem to find the answer. I've seen multiple hosting providers with just 3 nameservers (ns1.example.com, ns2.example.com, ns3.example.com) and they have multiple shared hosting servers (web001, web002…
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DNS server query by the registry of my domain name is fine. But browser cannot fetch my website by its address

When I query my DNS server by the website of the the registry of .com** top-level domains, I can see that my DNS server is found: Query Domain: example**.com** Answer: Following name-servers have been defined in **NIC DNS for your domain: 1.…
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Connecting subdomain to a server as hostname

I have my website (mydomain.com) connected with a vps server and now I want to setup another server and use subdomain from main domain for hostname as well the nameservers (e.g. srv1.mydomain.com should point to new server, ns3.mydomain.com and…
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