CNAME problem

[PeterB]

Good afternoon

I've got a problem with CNAME-records. On my own server it worked properly on a shared IP, but since it kind of exploded (please, don't ask), I'm using a reseller account from my webhost.

I setup the CNAME's via the DA dns-control center, as;

news IN CNAME mydomain.com.

This should work properly, but it doesn't. When I visit the news.mydomain.com page, it shows the "shared ip" warning. This while A-records are working correctly.

The whole engine of my website is based on CNAME's, so changing the site so it works with A-records isn't realy an option. What can be the problem with the cname's?

Peter

 

[nobaloney]

There's no way to tell with the information you've given us.

If you give us the name of the main domain that is working, and the name of the domain that's not working with the CNAME, then perhaps we can trace everything and figure it out.

Jeff

 

[PeterB]

There's no way to tell with the information you've given us.

If you give us the name of the main domain that is working, and the name of the domain that's not working with the CNAME, then perhaps we can trace everything and figure it out.

Jeff

all right, the main domain is 'anilaars.nl', and the cname is 'news'.

http://news.anilaars.nl/ is the domain with problems

 

[nobaloney]

This isn't a CNAME problem; the CNAME points to 84.244.158.106, the IP# for anilaars.nl.

The problem is that once the webserver gets the request for news.anilaars.nl at 84.244.158.106 it doesn't know what to do with it, so it gives you the shared hosting page.

What you need to do now is create a Domain Pointer. Be sure to check on "Create as alias".

Jeff

 

[PeterB]

This isn't a CNAME problem; the CNAME points to 84.244.158.106, the IP# for anilaars.nl.

The problem is that once the webserver gets the request for news.anilaars.nl at 84.244.158.106 it doesn't know what to do with it, so it gives you the shared hosting page.

What you need to do now is create a Domain Pointer. Be sure to check on "Create as alias".

Jeff

Thank you very much! It workes like a charm