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REGISTERING NAMESERVERS on the most common registrar pages

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Voicu Rogojan:
Hello,

If you want to create some new nameservers (in the case you have a new VPS, and you did not have nameservers before), you will need to register them, after you have created them in your control panel.

Chapter A: Registering nameservers on Godaddy.com:

1. Login to Godaddy.com:

a) Point your web browser to http://www.godaddy.com/.
b) Log into your account by clicking on the "My Account" link located just below the menubar of the webpage. If you don't have an account yet, you will have to create one.
c) Enter your login name or customer number in the entry box labelled "Login Name or Customer Number".
d) Enter your password in the "Password" entry box located below the "Login Name" entry box.
e) Click on the "LOGIN" button located below the "Password" entry box.

2. Choosing the domain:
a) Now that you have logged into your account, select the "Manage Domains" menu item from the "Domain Names" drop down menu located on the left side of the webpage.
b) Below the "Domains Names" menu, select the domain for which you will be creating nameservers. If you do not have any domains, you will have to register one. For example, awebsite.com.

3. Creating the first nameserver
a) In the bottom right hand corner of the webpage (you may have to scroll down), expand the "Domain Host Summary" box by clicking on the "+" icon.
b) Click on the "Click here to see details or to modify" link below to begin creating the your nameservers.
c) On the right side of the webpage, enter the host name of your first name server in the entry box labelled "Host". The most common names are "ns1" or "dns1". For example, ns1.awebsite.com or dns1.awebsite.com.
d) Just below, add the IP of the nameserver in the "IP Address" entry boxes. For example, 128.98.34.112.
e) Now create the nameserver by clicking on "Add New Host".

4.Creating the second nameserver
a) You will need to create at least 2 nameservers. To create a second nameserver, repeat steps 10 to 12. Common practice dictates that the second nameserver will be named "ns2" or "dns2". For example, ns2.awebsite.com or dns2.awebsite.com.
b) By convention, the last part of the ip address of the second nameserver will be incremented by 1. For example, 128.98.34.113.
c) At this point you could add additional nameservers but it is not required. To save your nameservers, click on "Save Changes".

5. Ending:
Excellent! You have successfully created private nameservers at GoDaddy.com! Remember that your changes may take up to 72 hours to take effect (propagate).

Chapter B: Registering your nameservers with dynadot.com:

1. Log into your Dynadot account.
2. Click on the "Domains" tab.
3. Click on the "Name Servers" subsection link.
4. Look for the phrase, "Register a domain name server". It should be inside a blue box. Click on this link.
5. Enter the host name (ns1.mydomain.com, for example) in the text box labeled "Host Name".
6. Enter the IP address for the name server in the text box labeled "IP Address".
7. Click the "Submit" button.

Chapter C: Registering your nameservers with dotster.com:

1.   Log into your account
2.   Click on the My Domains Tab
3.   Click on your domain or you can search for the domain(s) in your account using the provided search tool
4.   Click on Register Name Server link
5.   Enter the hostname
NOTE: Hostnames usually use the format of NS1 or DNS1 (Example: ns1.yourdomain.com, ns2.yourdomain.com)
IMPORTANT:  Do NOT use WWW as the hostname.  Using WWW as the hostname causes resolution problems with the Registry.
6.   Enter the IP Address
7.   Click the Update button

Oldiesmann:
Here are the instructions for securepaynet.net registrars (cheap-domainregistration.com and various others):

http://help.securepaynet.net/article/668?prog_id=domains

Douglas:
Chapter E: Registering/Editing nameservers with Network Solutions:

The following processes to create or update DNS servers should only be completed by someone who owns or operates their own DNS server.

To create or update new name servers:

1. Log in to Account Manager

2. Click on the domain name for which you want to register or edit a DNS server (only domain names may be selected to Add/Edit DNS Servers)

3. Click on the Edit link to the right of Designated DNS (if you have already assigned custom DNS to this domain) OR click on the Edit link to the right of Custom DNS Setting (if this is the first custom DNS for this domain)

4. In the Move DNS To A New Name Server section, click on the Continue button

5. Confirm that you want to move your name servers by clicking on the button

6. Type the name of the first new name server in the Name Server 1 text box, or select an existing name server from the drop down menu

7. Type the name of the second new name server in the Name Server 2 text box, or select an existing name server from the drop down menu

a. If you want to add additional name servers, click on the Add More Name Servers button and type the new name servers in the appropriate text box(es) then click on the Continue button

b. For each new name server, type the associated IP address in the Please Input Name Server IP Address text box then click on the Continue button

8. Carefully review the DNS changes and if correct, click on the Save DNS button

Your name server(s) has been created or updated.

Note It will take approximately 12-36 hours for the domain name server information to propagate to servers world-wide. Once that process is complete, your domain name will be available to use.

Tudy:
Chapter F: Editing nameservers with HostingDude.com:

To modify name servers:

1. Login to your account and go to the Domain Manager

2. From there, select the domain you want to modify the nameservers for (let's say it's YOURDOMAIN.NAME).

3. Scroll at the very bottom of the page, and on the left side you have a box saying "Host Summary [add]"

4. Click on [add], then enter "NS1" [.YOURDOMAIN.NAME], and enter the IP for it (you can get your namserver's IP from Plesk/cPanel, in the DNS settings). Do the same for NS2 (add another host, enter NS2 and the IP for it).

5. After you've added both NS1 and NS2 in the bottom left Host Summary box, you then edit the nameservers by clicking on the "Manage" link in the domain management page.

6. In the namserver management window, enter NS1.YOURDOMAIN.NAME and NS2.YOURDOMAIN.NAME. Click OK.

Note It will take approximately 12-36 hours for the domain name server information to propagate to servers world-wide. Once that process is complete, your domain name will be available to use.

Douglas:
Chapter G: Editing nameservers with 1 & 1:

1. Login to your account

2. Click Manage Your Domains

3. Check the domain you want to edit

4. At the top of the list, hit arrow next to DNS, then Edit DNS Settings

5. In the drop down box, hit My Name Server

6. Fill in your custom nameservers

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