Finding out DNS info

[Ianb1972]

Ok I help need help please guys,
I have a domain name of www.cyberwebdesigns.co.uk (http://www.cyberwebdesigns.co.uk) parked up on a hosting company.

I want to set up my own web server and transfer my domain name onto my web server.
But to do this I need to find out my DNS information of my server so I can get my domain name transfered, which I am frantically trying to set up the server and find out my DNS info.

Can anyone help with setting up the server and finding out the DNS info?
I have Apache 2 & BIND up and running.

Ian

[Jman]

You need to tell your domain registrar about the different DNS servers you are using.

What other DNS info are you talking about?

[Ianb1972]

You need to tell your domain registrar about the different DNS servers you are using.

What other DNS info are you talking about?

I am not quite with you on this!

I am trying to configure up Apache DNS Or DDNS so I can give the Company who has my domain name parked, Streamline.net, my DNS info.

This is the email I got from them when I asked about transfering my domain name from them to my Home cable broadband APache Server "please let us know of the DNS information of your server"

Ian

[IronWolf]

I am trying to configure up Apache DNS Or DDNS so I can give the Company who has my domain name parked, Streamline.net, my DNS info.

I think you may be confusing terms. Apache is a web server and does not handle DNS. DNS is a separate entity and most likely you are using Bind.

This is the email I got from them when I asked about transfering my domain name from them to my Home cable broadband APache Server "please let us know of the DNS information of your server"

Are you looking to host your own DNS or just your own web server? If you are looking to host your own DNS then you would need to have DNS configured (again, probably Bind) on your own machine. Once it is configured you would give them the name and IP address of your DNS server at which point they would update their records for your domain name to point to your server.

If you are just trying to host your website and not your DNS on your server then you would need to provide them with the IP address of your server and what name people will use to access your website (i.e. www). They would then host your DNS records but the record for www would point to your web server that you are hosting.

Also note that if you are running your server off of a home cable connection that your IP address is apt to change. If it changes your website will be unavailable unless you are using some sort of Dynamic DNS option.

[gavinw6662]

I don't know what others think here, it is fun to host your own dns server, but I personally think it would be easier to have the hosting provider point the www.domainname.ext to your IP address. That way - you can run a web server out of your home, and you don't have to futz with BIND. If you want full control over your domain, I am sure there are some articles on how to set up bind.