Just a quick question. Im thinking about running hosting packages on both Linux and NT. However, as stated in a previous message, not many companys offer this.

Is it possible to run one domain with two differenet reselling companys.

Say have NS1.YOURDOMAIN and NS2.YOURDOMAIN with reselling company one for Linux

and NS3.YOURDOMAIN and NS4.YOURDOMAIN with reselling company two for NT.

Or would you need to purchase two seperate domains.

Excellent question. I was wondering this myself.

I belive you can. For the Linux clients give them ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com

and for the NT clients give them the ns3.domain.com and the ns4.domain.com

it should work..

Yes, you can, I use ns1/n2 and ns3/ns4 for different servers.... works fine....

Brilliant. Just thought i'd ask, as i've seen some professional hosting companys running both linux and nt hosting under different domains. Just wondered if you could.

Thanks for the feedback.

but here are your problems. and it's not related to the DNS.

it's related to the actions of the control panel.

certain control panels want full domain control, it would even want control of the sub-domains. I encounter this problem with one panel. that is where the risk might be.

mike

Originally posted by ADEhost
but here are your problems. and it's not related to the DNS.

it's related to the actions of the control panel.

certain control panels want full domain control, it would even want control of the sub-domains. I encounter this problem with one panel. that is where the risk might be.

mike

Isn't a problem.
server1:
ns1/ns1 -> ip1/ip2

server2:
ns3/ns4 -> ip3/ip4

make sure you add to server1:
ns3/ns4 -> ip3/ip4

make sure you add to server2:
ns1/ns1 -> ip1/ip2

As far as I know no control panel will object to that...

Originally posted by dhabets


Isn't a problem.
server1:
ns1/ns1 -> ip1/ip2

server2:
ns3/ns4 -> ip3/ip4

make sure you add to server1:
ns3/ns4 -> ip3/ip4

make sure you add to server2:
ns1/ns1 -> ip1/ip2

As far as I know no control panel will object to that...

let me take this offtopic for this post:

that's not the problem in question, we are talking about control panel issues that could arise.

example

control panel A requires port 8383 and a subdomain
control panel B requires port 4242 and a subdomain

how do you route the control from one cp to the other cp
if you have 2 different control panels by 2 different companies. and most likely running on 2 different platforms ( unless the platform is standardized under Java )

Back on topic

your allocation of the resources are correct .

Originally posted by ADEhost


let me take this offtopic for this post:

that's not the problem in question, we are talking about control panel issues that could arise.

example

control panel A requires port 8383 and a subdomain
control panel B requires port 4242 and a subdomain

how do you route the control from one cp to the other cp
if you have 2 different control panels by 2 different companies. and most likely running on 2 different platforms ( unless the platform is standardized under Java )

Back on topic

your allocation of the resources are correct .

ehm,

subdomain1.domain.com:portwhatever1
subdomain2.domain.com:portwhatever2

in zonefile: subdomain1.domain.com in A 1.2.3.4
in zonefile: subdomain2.domain.com in A 5.6.7.8
place that in ns1/ns2 and ns3/ns4

That should work? But I'm probably not quite understanding your issue.

I completely see your outline on how to do it. And I would agree that your way of doing it should work. But in practice ( i have an example of my own ) it does not flow smothly. What it came down to in my case, was an issues of conflict between control panels.

I got so fustrated that I ended up using 2 different domains.


mike

Originally posted by ADEhost
I completely see your outline on how to do it. And I would agree that your way of doing it should work. But in practice ( i have an example of my own ) it does not flow smothly. What it came down to in my case, was an issues of conflict between control panels.

I got so fustrated that I ended up using 2 different domains.


mike

That's odd mike. You did make sure you only listed 1 pair of nameserver as the nameservers of that domain, right?

Btw, which control panels did give you that problem? Just so I know if I ever come across it...

Originally posted by dhabets


That's odd mike. You did make sure you only listed 1 pair of nameserver as the nameservers of that domain, right?

Btw, which control panels did give you that problem? Just so I know if I ever come across it...

the problem was with a reseller, they did not want to give up part of the control of there domain to my control panel ( all I wanted was for them to give me a bit but they refused, they demanded that it all work under 1 name (domain.com not xxx.domain.com), but at the end I lost the customer. sad but it happens. the other issue was that I had the conflict between plesk and hosting controler, my workaround was to get h-sphere).

Mike

Greetings:

Yes, it is possible.

The name server DNS entries are like any other machine name. They can exist on different machines in different data centers.

Thank you.

If the control panel is fussy about it, there's no real need why you would put an A or CNAME line for the nameserver. Nameservers are paired with IPs at the registrar level. In other words, you can register ns1.yourdomain.com without your panel ever knowing it even exists.