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HD Fanatic
02-08-2005, 06:27 PM
Hi, is it normal for providers to give you 2 IPS to be used as the primary and secondary Name Servers? I've always entered a domain when entering them on the domain registrars. Would IPs work in place of a domain name for name servers?

I'm not referring to creating custom DNS or building nameservers. Thanks in advance.

ajaspers
02-08-2005, 08:54 PM
No, you have to specify an actual nameserver (e.g. ns1.example.com), IP addresses cannot be used directly.

HD Fanatic
02-08-2005, 09:15 PM
That's what I thought. Seems like they forgot to assign the IP to a domain for me to enter on the domain registrar.