Help me undersand DNS and Nameservers.

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  • testerv
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2011
    • 192

    Help me undersand DNS and Nameservers.

    What does this statement mean? It is in regards to a host migrating a vb site to their hosting service.

    we change the Nameservers but we keep the same DNS records that point your site right back at your previous host.
  • donald1234
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2011
    • 1953
    • 4.1.x

    #2
    That seems quite contradictory. DNS stands for domain name server and if you change hosts you need to point the nameservers at the new hosts IP Address.

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    • Wayne Luke
      vBulletin Technical Support Lead
      • Aug 2000
      • 73981

      #3
      When you type a URL into your web browser's address bar, the correct page appears as if by magic (provided you typed it correctly). Is it the work of sorcery? Nope! Domain name servers are handling all the data behind the scenes.
      Translations provided by Google.

      Wayne Luke
      The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
      vBulletin 5 API

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      • testerv
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 192

        #4
        I asked them for more info and this is what they said,
        We change the nameservers first which takes 24 hours, and point the web site right back to the current host. This way nothing will be affected.
        I have no idea how they did that.

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        • Wayne Luke
          vBulletin Technical Support Lead
          • Aug 2000
          • 73981

          #5
          You can make a DNS record point to any IP address. You can make different parts of the record (e.g. email, ftp, www) point to individual IP addresses if you want. Doesn't really make any sense to point to an IP address that isn't under your control though.
          Translations provided by Google.

          Wayne Luke
          The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
          vBulletin 5 API

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          • donald1234
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2011
            • 1953
            • 4.1.x

            #6
            If you enter your domain here www.intodns.com that will tell you what your nameservers are, what IP they are pointing to, if there are any errors and loads of other stuff

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            • testerv
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 192

              #7
              That link shows me that there must be some difference between "Domain NS records" vs." NS records from your nameservers". They somehow changed the NS records from my nameservers and now want me to change the Domain NS records--I am pretty sure I do that from my registrar.

              How did they change the NS records from my nameservers?

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              • donald1234
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2011
                • 1953
                • 4.1.x

                #8
                What's your domain?

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                • Ckcrusher
                  New Member
                  • Oct 2013
                  • 5

                  #9
                  it means no effect to your site

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