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Scott · 26-05-2005, 15:19

I've never had to change any of these settings before..

I have the following DNS settings that i was asked to change to.

ns1.dreamhost.com 66.33.206.206
ns2.dreamhost.com 66.201.54.66
ns3.dreamhost.com 66.33.216.216

The domain is currently with yahoo and i want to transfer it over to dreamhost.

Yahoo have three things,

A (address) and CNAME Records
MX Records
NameServers

Currently they say

A: Yahoo IP
A: Yahoo IP
CNAME: Yahoo Hostname
CNAME: Yahoo Hostname

When I tried to change all of the above only one was changing.

MX Records - to do with mail right? this stays as it is.

NameServers

3 of them primary, secondary n summit else....these have been changed to

ns1.dreamhost.com
ns2.dreamhost.com
ns3.dreamhost.com

Hasn't been a full 24hrs yet but the site is still down and hasnt transfered over.

Am i doing this right, or have i screwed it all up. Any pointers please.

oli · 26-05-2005, 15:58

name servers are the ones you want to change over to ns1.dreamhost.com etc - Leave the mx records alone.
It can take 24 hours or more to see the change, but lately theyve been updating in a couple of hours.

Scott · 26-05-2005, 17:16

cheers oli,

so wots the deal with the 'A and CNAME' records...leave em alone 2?

oli · 26-05-2005, 17:41

Yep , leave em.
When you need them you will know.

Scott · 26-05-2005, 19:27

kk thx again

26-05-2005, 15:19	#1 (permalink)
Scott sanddancer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South Shields Posts: 3,006	Dns Stuff I've never had to change any of these settings before.. I have the following DNS settings that i was asked to change to. ns1.dreamhost.com 66.33.206.206 ns2.dreamhost.com 66.201.54.66 ns3.dreamhost.com 66.33.216.216 The domain is currently with yahoo and i want to transfer it over to dreamhost. Yahoo have three things, A (address) and CNAME Records MX Records NameServers Currently they say A: Yahoo IP A: Yahoo IP CNAME: Yahoo Hostname CNAME: Yahoo Hostname When I tried to change all of the above only one was changing. MX Records - to do with mail right? this stays as it is. NameServers 3 of them primary, secondary n summit else....these have been changed to ns1.dreamhost.com ns2.dreamhost.com ns3.dreamhost.com Hasn't been a full 24hrs yet but the site is still down and hasnt transfered over. Am i doing this right, or have i screwed it all up. Any pointers please. __________________ flick me

26-05-2005, 17:16	#3 (permalink)
Scott sanddancer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South Shields Posts: 3,006	cheers oli, so wots the deal with the 'A and CNAME' records...leave em alone 2? __________________ flick me

26-05-2005, 19:27	#5 (permalink)
Scott sanddancer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South Shields Posts: 3,006	kk thx again __________________ flick me

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26-05-2005, 15:58	#2 (permalink)
oli Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England.™ Posts: 10,096	name servers are the ones you want to change over to ns1.dreamhost.com etc - Leave the mx records alone. It can take 24 hours or more to see the change, but lately theyve been updating in a couple of hours.

26-05-2005, 17:41	#4 (permalink)
oli Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England.™ Posts: 10,096	Yep , leave em. When you need them you will know.

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