DNS Management

DNS (Domain Name System) is a system that translates a domain name from letters (www.yourdomain.com) into a numerical IP address (NS1.yourdomain.COM 123.45.67.89). Each time you register a domain name you must specify your DNS information.

If you register a domain name through NameGateway.com, you can use our DNS information FREE of charge! This is known in the industry as "parking" a domain - parking is free using NameGateway.com's servers. You can also change the DNS information at any time at a charge per year, but be aware, your new DNS host may charge you a parking fee... DNS information is provided by your host. It consists of a primary AND a secondary nameserver. You must have BOTH nameservers. The definition of a secondary nameserver is NOT that it gets its information from the primary nameserver, it is its own unique IP address. Both the primary and secondary nameserver "point" the domain that resolves to the IP that the host creates. A name will resolve 50/50- 50% of the time to the primary and 50% of the time to the secondary. Therefore, you cannot specify one of your hosting servers and one of ours.

Go to our website at www.NameGateway.com and click on Accounts Section and login using the username and password of the account containing the domain you wish to specify as the hostname of your new name servers. You will be able to create new name servers, edit current name servers, or delete current name servers. The name server you wish to create must be a domain in this account. Then, you will choose your new server hostnames- i.e. NS1.NEWSERVERNAME.COM & NS2.NEWSERVERNAME.COM. If your information is valid, your name servers will be sent to the central database. It will take 24-48 hours for your name servers to propagate.

Please note this is the limit of our tech support - if you need support on how to configure your server or any other issue, you must get outside support.