: DNS redirect for domain to subdomain What I am looking to do is to redirect all traffic from www.domain.com to www1.domain.com(subdomain of domain.com) via DNS. I am attempting to move from a

@Alves908

You cannot redirect via DNS. That is not what DNS does.

You would have to define domain.com on your new server and potentially point the site directory to www1.domain.com to make what you are doing work.

BUT STOP! Don't do it!

In order for a web server to handle requests, the site must exist on the server. You cannot just point stuff here or there.

I would tell you NOT to use www1 and simply create your site as www or rename it on the new server then update the DNS when ready. This is how it is normally done.

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@Smith883

If must control DNS yourself, set up an A record for the subdomain pointing to the IP address of the godaddy server that is all you need assuming you have set up that subdomain at godaddy.

But more to the point, why even bother doing that? Move the content, change the nameservers for domain.com (or the IP address if you are using your own child nameserver) and then you don't have to do any redirecting.

Aside: I would be wary of using godaddy, but that is just from my personal experience.

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