Nameservers by different hosting: does it work?

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  1. #1
    Hello there,

    I have purchased a .co.uk domain name from godaddy.
    and now my friend has given me a temporary space on his hosting account which is of different company (I dont know)

    Now in nameserver properties there are 13 slots:
    I want to know: why there are so many slots when hosting company generally give you 4 ns!!
    or is that I should just keep my earlier nameservers and new ones too?

    let me know if I am inadequate in providing the information.
    Thanks.
     
    a$$-wise, Oct 13, 2007 IP
  2. ThreeGuineaWatch

    ThreeGuineaWatch Well-Known Member

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    Best practices are to have your nameservers spread across multiple distinct networks. Normally, your hosting company will do just that.
     
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    Ann_suze Peon

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    If you host in your friends server then remove all other nameservers and put those from your friend.
     
    Ann_suze, Oct 14, 2007 IP
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  4. a$$-wise

    a$$-wise Well-Known Member

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    Rep added to both posts:)
    Thanks man! thats what I wanted to know... :cool:

    And I also wanted to know that what if we keep all earlier nameservers as well as new ones in the slots? :eek:
     
    a$$-wise, Oct 14, 2007 IP
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    ZiX Peon

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    You can keep but give priority to new nameservers .
     
    ZiX, Oct 15, 2007 IP
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    abdussamad Active Member

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    What a nameserver does is it translates a domain to an IP address. The IP address is the one that belongs to your host's server. If you have different nameservers that provide different IP addresses then web browsers will not be able to access your site. You should just include the nameservers of your new host.
     
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  7. a$$-wise

    a$$-wise Well-Known Member

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    I think your site just don't appear if you do that.... thats what happened to mine.
    Please don't post a wrong info if you're not 100% sure. Or at least use words like "I think..." :p

    Yeah got your point. Thanks :)
    Problem resolved. Thanks all!
     
    a$$-wise, Oct 19, 2007 IP
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    a$$-wise Well-Known Member

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    a$$-wise, Dec 7, 2007 IP