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[brandon272]

As it stands now, I host my DNS locally. However, I would like to use DNSmadeEasy instead of my local DNS service. As far as I can tell, this entails the following:

1) Transferring my DNS zones over to DNSmadeEasy
2) Updating my glue records (or "host records" as GoDaddy calls them) so that my current ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com point to the DNSmadeEasy IP's instead of my server IP's.

My question then is, will the nameserver records for domains that point to my DNS automatically update?

The reason I ask is that when you setup nameserver entries at some registrars, they ask you for the nameservers AND the associated IP's. So do people who host on my server need to go to their registrar and update the IP's manually or will these glue records changes be reflected on all domains that point to ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com once their TTL expires?

Thanks

[Victor Lugo]

Your initial setup should have worked fine.
Either way, the records will automatically update. My guess is that you didn't give it enough time.

Example: Point client domains to ns1.host.com and ns2.host.com
When the records for ns1.host.com and ns2.host.com are changed, the records should automatically propagate to all client domains.

[Collabora]

If you registered your nameserver at a registrar where nameservers and domain names are treated separately, such as NetworkSolutions, you do not have to update user's registrars. InterNIC will modify its .com zone record for your nameservers A and NS record. Just be sure to include the new A and NS record in SOA of mydomain.com. Give it a week for the changes to propagate -- keep that old machine running during that time.

--Mike