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I just noticed that there's a DNS section in Technical Discussion, sorry for not noticing before.
Well, first of all, this isn't really a problem, I just need some guidance.
First of all, I have 2 IPs, the server IP, and one that I got yesterday. I setup normally the IP in admin panel, and then went into reseller panel, going to add nameservers.
And that's what I did.
After that I thought that maybe it was good to read the help file to see if I missed something or did something wrong, and I opened it, and saw this:
"1) You cannot assign a name server to a server-owned IP (e.g. the first IP address in the table above)"
After I read this, I cleared my nameservers from my IPs just to be sure.
Now, here's the thing.
My friend is running a fairly big server, and he is using the same IP for the main server and secondary nameserver of his, and it's working perfectly, no problems or anything, he isn't using DirectAdmin by the way.
I'd like to know WHY I can't do this (Direct Admin doesn't give an error or anything if I use the server IP).
Is there some sort of drawback or what..?
Also either way, using the IPs I have now or getting third one, after I've setup the 2 nameservers, I still need to register the nameservers with those IPs and names on my domain provider place, right?
Thanks for your time, and thanks in advance to anyone who can clarify this for me.
I just noticed that there's a DNS section in Technical Discussion, sorry for not noticing before.
Well, first of all, this isn't really a problem, I just need some guidance.
First of all, I have 2 IPs, the server IP, and one that I got yesterday. I setup normally the IP in admin panel, and then went into reseller panel, going to add nameservers.
And that's what I did.
After that I thought that maybe it was good to read the help file to see if I missed something or did something wrong, and I opened it, and saw this:
"1) You cannot assign a name server to a server-owned IP (e.g. the first IP address in the table above)"
After I read this, I cleared my nameservers from my IPs just to be sure.
Now, here's the thing.
My friend is running a fairly big server, and he is using the same IP for the main server and secondary nameserver of his, and it's working perfectly, no problems or anything, he isn't using DirectAdmin by the way.
I'd like to know WHY I can't do this (Direct Admin doesn't give an error or anything if I use the server IP).
Is there some sort of drawback or what..?
Also either way, using the IPs I have now or getting third one, after I've setup the 2 nameservers, I still need to register the nameservers with those IPs and names on my domain provider place, right?
Thanks for your time, and thanks in advance to anyone who can clarify this for me.
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