What's the difference between A-Record and nameservers?

snoopi · 08-23-2005, 05:20 AM

Sorry if that may sound stupid to more experienced NP fellow members but what is really the difference between A-Record and normal nameserver settings?

And something more: What is also the difference between CNAME (CanonicalNAME) records and subdomain?

Thank you

primacomputer · 08-23-2005, 12:17 PM

A name server is a host delegated as the place one can go to look up entries in a zone (domain). These servers run a Domain Name Services service (DNS). A zone is defined by a zonefile that contains various records. One of the most common of these is the A record that maps a host name (ie www) to an address. A CNAME maps a host name to another host name. An A record in the mydomain.com zone might define www as 123.111.222.33 meaning that www.mydomain.com would resolve to 123.111.222.333. A CNAME in the mydomain.com zone might define www as www.myhost.com. In this case www.mydomain.com would resolve to www.myhost.com. which would resolve to 234.44.55.66.

snoopi · 08-23-2005, 02:16 PM

Thank you primacomputer!

shadow_boi · 08-29-2005, 12:37 AM

a little bit confusing. hehe, i am a noob. thx anywayz

hackside · 09-04-2005, 12:13 AM

hehehe lol...try to read again maybe you can understand

snoopi · 09-05-2005, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by shadow_boi

a little bit confusing. hehe, i am a noob. thx anywayz

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08-23-2005, 12:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
primacomputer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,402	A name server is a host delegated as the place one can go to look up entries in a zone (domain). These servers run a Domain Name Services service (DNS). A zone is defined by a zonefile that contains various records. One of the most common of these is the A record that maps a host name (ie www) to an address. A CNAME maps a host name to another host name. An A record in the mydomain.com zone might define www as 123.111.222.33 meaning that www.mydomain.com would resolve to 123.111.222.333. A CNAME in the mydomain.com zone might define www as www.myhost.com. In this case www.mydomain.com would resolve to www.myhost.com. which would resolve to 234.44.55.66.

08-29-2005, 12:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
shadow_boi NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 533	a little bit confusing. hehe, i am a noob. thx anywayz

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