I want to register a domain like "admin.somedomain.com". How would I do that? The control panel at the registrar I use does not want to allow it.

Some host offer you a free subdomains. What you want is a subdomain. Browse the forum.

You should add subdomain through your Domain Management Panel. Where is your domain name registered and what is the extension?

you should add a subdomain by accessing your host's control panel, and adding the subdomain. Unless of course, your DNS is hosted with your registrar.

you can't create a subdomain for a domain you don't own, or have access to.

Just a note.: Make sure you are the owner of the 'main' domain.. You are not able to create subdomains if you have not registred the domain itself.. ( So if you want 'admin.somedomain.com', you have to own 'somedomain.com' first.. )

Thanks to all. I've got it now. I've never used a sub domain before.

- Gary

oops, here is a question I forgot to ask: Can subdomains use different name servers than the main domain?

- Gary

Originally posted by gleeloyd
oops, here is a question I forgot to ask: Can subdomains use different name servers than the main domain?

- Gary
Actually, subdomains are looked up by using the nameservers of the main domain, so it is not possible for them to have their own set of nameservers.

infact, its possible to have subdomains managed by other nameservers pointed by their own for example:

subdomain.example.com. IN NS ns1.example.net.
subdomain.example.com. IN NS ns2.example.net.


and ns1.example.net + ns2.example.net would manage records for that that subdomain.example.com and *.subdomain.example.com

just like what Centralnic.com is doing they are selling subdomains on their uk.com us.com br.com de.com etc.. and pointing them to your nameservers :)

Originally posted by Bashar
infact, its possible to have subdomains managed by other nameservers pointed by their own for example:

subdomain.example.com. IN NS ns1.example.net.
subdomain.example.com. IN NS ns2.example.net.


and ns1.example.net + ns2.example.net would manage records for that that subdomain.example.com and *.subdomain.example.com

just like what Centralnic.com is doing they are selling subdomains on their uk.com us.com br.com de.com etc.. and pointing them to your nameservers :)
Oh, I don't usually deal with the actual NS records, so I wasn't aware of that usage (in addition to the fact that I haven't used Centralnic). Thanks for the info, Bashar!