If you are hosting a website or even just visiting one online, you are using domain name servers (DNS) – probably without even knowing it. Domain name servers are an important part of what makes a website work when you type it into a browser. Understanding how they work will help you understand how to change them when you set up your own Dedicated Server.
So what is a domain name server and how does it work? Every time you type a domain name (www.YourWebsite.com) into a browser, you are using the Internet’s domain name servers (DNS) to translate the familiar word-based domain name into the technical machine-readable Internet Protocol (IP) address. Domain name servers basically transfer your domain name into its IP address, so that you are properly directed to your website. Without domain name servers, typing in a domain name would come up with blank results.
Hosting your website on a reliable Dedicated Server means you will need to create your own domain name servers, so that anyone who visits your website will be directed properly to its content and the server in which it’s hosted.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
[...] Domain Name Servers (DNS) are an important part of setting up and configuring your Dedicated Server. Without them, nobody would be able to find your website online or see any of the content you have hosted there. In a Dedicated Server Hosting environment, you’ll need to create your own name servers, instead of using ready made ones as you would in a Shared Hosting environment. [...]
February 9th, 2008 at 1:15 am
[...] only need to type in LPDedicated.com in order to find the exact site with the IP 216.27.61.137. Domain Name Servers handle the rest of the work for you by changing the domain name LPDedicated.com into 216.27.61.137 [...]