: Determine Websites IP Address Do you know how we can find out the IP address of our website? Our web host is Dreamhost and our Domain is with PlanetDomain, we need PlanetDomain to create a
Do you know how we can find out the IP address of our website? Our web host is Dreamhost and our Domain is with PlanetDomain, we need PlanetDomain to create a Record with that IP address so people can access our website.
Some important information:
We use shared hosting on Dreamhost. I am aware this means we share both a server with other clients and maybe also IP addresses or have a dynamic IP address? Maybe we can still obtain our IP address or send some other information to PlanetDomain?
Why dont we give PlanetDomain Dreamhost's name servers instead of the IP Address?
Because we have a unique setup for our emails that aren't stored/controled by the web host. They are separate, so if we change the name servers it will break our emails.
Why dont we just move our emails over to Dreamhost?
Honestly the boss doesn't want to do it. He thinks its too much work. He's not a technical person and I am not educated in domain, email setups so I dont know if it is really so much work to change.
PS: Does anyone know what the name is for the setup we have? The setup being that the emails are not stored/controlled through the web host but are separate?
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If you have hosting with Dreamhost they should provide the IP address. Generally, because it is easier, they would set up their own name servers to resolve your IP address. Sometimes people do want control over DNS so they use name servers other than the default ones provided by the hosting company. This does not hurt so long as you can set your own name servers, which is done through your domain registrar.
If you know the hosting company's name servers, you can find the IP address by performing a query against their (Dreamhost's name servers).
Using a Name server query tool you can specify a non-default DNS name server. For example if the dreamhost name server is: ns1.dreamhost.com
Linux:
dig @ns1 .dreamhost.com mywebsite.com
Windows:
nslookup mywebsite.com ns1.dreamhost.com
You will need to check the hosting company's information to find out what name servers they configured with your address information. This information is typically available in the web host's control panel, and is specified for each domain you host with them (may differ from domain to domain even if they are on the same phsyical system!)
For the record: If you want to know what name servers are currently being used to resolve your IP address, you can use:
dig -t ns mywebsite.com
This however will not tell you the dreamhost name servers' addresses, it will tell you what name servers are actually specified by the domain registrar as the ones that serve your domain. Those are the ones that you need to update with the correct IP address for your web site.
The web site will be served by an A and/or CNAME record, which resolves the web host IP address. Mail delivery is served by an MX record, which resolves the mail service server address.
P.S I've never heard of a name for a setup where your Mail and Hosting is not part of a single service offering. There is nothing strange about it though - for example using Google Services for email (on your own domain) while hosting the website on any arbitrary web hosting provider's service is perfectly normal. You're just not using the free, sub-standard bundled email service provided by the web hosting company. I'll call it "web hosting with liberated email"
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