Sample Setup Of Dns Service - Cobalt Digital Inc COBALT Qube 3 User Manual

Appendix E: Domain Name System

Sample setup of DNS service

This sample setup of DNS service on your Qube 3 assumes that you have already
registered your domain with InterNIC or another registration service. If you have
not, refer to the FAQ section on Cobalt's web site
(http://www.cobalt.com/support/ under the Knowledge Base link) for
information on registering your domain name.
For more information on registering a Web site, visit the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at http://www.icann.org.
In the following examples, we will configure a sample domain called
"mydomain.com" for Web service and email service using a sample IP address
192.168.10.10.
Important: Substitute your domain name and IP address where the
sample domain name or sample IP address appears.
The recommended minimum configuration for Web and email service requires
the following records. These records allow anyone on the Internet to type either
"mydomain.com" or "www.mydomain.com" to access your Web site.
• A Reverse Address (PTR) record for 192.168.10.10 which resolves to
mydomain.com
• A Forward Address (A) record for mydomain.com which resolves to
192.168.10.10 (You can generate this record automatically from the PTR
record.)
• A Forward Address (A) record for www.mydomain.com which resolves to
192.168.10.10
• A Mail Server (MX) record for mydomain.com which resolves to
www.mydomain.com
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