: Setting DNS when registrar and host is different Just to confirm that my assumptions are correct (if not, please let me know where I'm doing wrong): My domain refers to jkwsp.com The registrar
Just to confirm that my assumptions are correct (if not, please let me know where I'm doing wrong):
My domain refers to jkwsp.com
The registrar where I have registered my domain is hioxindia.com
My domain is hosted at ixwebhosting.com
I have access to DNS settings in the registrar as well as in the hosting.
Setting 1.- At Registrar DNS Setting:
Name server is already entered by registrar.
Q1.1. If I do A record to the IP given to me by the host, will it work?
Q1.2. For subdomain should I make Cname record or a new A record point to the IP given to me for subdomain by my host?
Q1.3. To access my site as jkwsp.com and www.jkwsp.com do I have to make the entry as:
*.jkwsp.com to IP OR jkwsp.com to IP and jkwsp.com as Cname?
Setting2.- At Host:
Q2.1 Point the NameServers given by host in Registrar NS record and remove all A record mentioned under A record at the Registrar?
Q2.2 A record and subdomain entry is already created by Host. Since NameServer is pointed to Host now setting at host will take effect and A record will point to my site?
And any future change needs to be done At Host Only?
In Both Settings which one should be preferred?
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Q1.3: Use an A record for your It's slightly more efficient as your nameserver does not get hit twice. If www is a CNAME, the browser/web client will look for jkwsp.com and then will have to ask again for the IP address of jkwsp.com.
It should. Try it and see.
For the subdomain, it depends on how your host sets things up. I think it's easiest to have the host also host DNS; that way they can set some of these things up automatically. For my host, it's a separate A record, though as long as the IP addresses stay the same, CNAME should also work.
I would have the bare domain served from an A record and use a CNAME for
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