[ale] OT Web hosting/domain registration catch 22

Mark Angeli webmaster at tinyminds.org
Wed May 7 16:39:50 EDT 2003


Yes. Tell it the domain name you intend on owning.

On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 16:15, Jim Lynch wrote:
> The registrar signup is on line.  I can't tell it anything other than
> what my two dns hosts are.  Using zoneedit seems to have the same
> problem as a web host.  It (zoneedit) won't tell you the dns names until
> you give him the domain name.  The registrar won't give you a domain
> name without a set of dns hosts.
> 
> Catch 22 all over again, it appears.  Or am I missing something here. 
> Can I lie about owning the domain to zoneedit without getting in
> trouble?
> 
> Jim.
> 
> Mark Angeli wrote:
> > 
> > So go to
> > 
> > http://www.zoneedit.com
> > 
> > and sign up for an account. The first 5 domains are free (as in speech)
> > Tell the registrar that zoneedit is handling the DNS, tell the host that
> > they are.
> > 
> > Then you add the ip addresses to the zoneedit account and you're off.
> > This way, when you change hosts, or whatever, its fairly easy to switch
> > the IP's.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 08:59, Jim Lynch wrote:
> > > That works, except they want an additional $10 to handle the DNS.  I'm
> > > cheap!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jim.
> > >
> > > Joseph Knapka wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Jim Lynch <jwl at sgi.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > OK, so I found a cheap domain registration site and an almost cheaper
> > > > > web host.  So who do I go to first?  The web host wants to know my
> > > > > domain name during sign up and the domain register wants the dns
> > > > > addresses of the web host.
> > > > >
> > > > > Which one do you normally go to?  The only other domain I registed I got
> > > > > from the same site that hosted it.
> > > >
> > > > I register the domain, tell the registrar to handle the DNS for me,
> > > > buy the hosting service, then move the DNS from the registrar to the
> > > > host.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > -- Joe
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