I have seen that the raq can do its own dns, but what would I have to do to get my domain to use the dns on the rack.

I think I have to set up name severs but what do I have to do to do this.

I am using rack shack and I got a raq 4.

Do I have to actually register the name severs some where some body told me I had to but others say all I got to do is set them up on the raq abd opint my domain to them.

Do I have to use two differnet ip's for the two name servers or does it not matter if they both use the same ip.

do I have to set them up like

ns1.funs.co.uk
ns2.funs.co.uk

or can I call them anything I want and can I actually create name severs with a co.uk domain.

I have already looked at the cobalt site to see how I use the dns but they where very unclear on how to actually get my domain to use them.

Yes, you will need 2 IP addresses for the DNS server to work properly. After setting it all up, you'll be required to register the DNS with your domain registrar. Do a search on these forums for more details.

maybe this can help you

http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/pg_faq_setupdns.shtml
http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/pg_initstart.shtml
http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/pg_faq_dns.shtml

(1) Virtual Sites:
*Setup a virtual site ns1.domain.com with IP1.
*Setup a virtual site ns2.domain.com with IP2.

(2) DNS:
*A record ns1.domain.com to IP1.
*A record ns2.domain.com to IP2.
*PTR record IP1 to ns1.domain.com.
*PTR record IP2 to ns2.domain.com

(4) Problems with International NICs:
If you want to register an international domain name, such as domain.DE or domain.FR or domain.AT or whatever, then there can be
certain problems.
*Some NICs won't accept nameservers with two successive IP addresses. This means for example ns1.domain.com 100.233.105.103 and
ns2.domain.com 100.233.105.104 won't be accepted. The C part of your second IP should be different.

For example:
ns1.domain.com 100.233.105.103
ns2.domain.com 100.233.106.103
OR
ns1.domain.com 100.233.88.103
ns2.domain.com 100.233.107.103
will both work with international NICs.


--- You are happy with rachshack?

serv: is it NECESSARY to have two seperate IPs for NS1 and NS2, if both are on the same server?

Coz if the server is down, then it wont make a difference if you're using two IPs which are located on the same server. Am I right?

-Abbas

You are correct however you need to set them up with two different IPs. The whole point of having more than one nameserver is redundancy, and ideally you'd have two actual servers, on different networks, for DNS.