Domain pointer w/o www.

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fmortara

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Hello!
I want to setup a domain pointer.
I have set up correctly www.domain.com to point to www.domain.it.
But, if a user type domain.com (without www.) the browser reply that the requested website is unavailable.

How can i do for resolve this issue?
Thanks in advance!
 
My first guess would be that dns for the domain pointer domain has not yet propagated. Just give it some more time, and it should start working soon. If you don't want to wait, delete your browser cache and close it, then flush your home computer dns - if you are running windows, you can run this command in windows shell:

Code: 
ipconfig /flushdns
 
Did you type www.domain.com when adding the domain pointer? If so, that is wrong, delete the domain pointer and add it again, this time only type domain.com (without www) when adding the domain pointer.

When I add a domain pointer, it works both with and without www. So I can not conform a bug in Directadmin.
 
I'm almost sure that I have added it without the www.
I think this is the hundredth pointer I do..

:o

Thanks a lot!
 
fmortara said:
no.
in the dns zone there isn't a value for domain.com.
there is only for www.domain.com.

in the zone for domain.it. there is both.
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This is what made me think you added the domain pointer with www. You should not have www.domain.com in dns manager in DirectAdmin, you should only have www in dns, like this:

Code: 
domain.com.	A	123.123.123.123
www	A	123.123.123.123

Is that how you have it in domain.it?
 
ditto said:
My first guess would be that dns for the domain pointer domain has not yet propagated. Just give it some more time, and it should start working soon. If you don't want to wait, delete your browser cache and close it, then flush your home computer dns - if you are running windows, you can run this command in windows shell:

Code: 
ipconfig /flushdns
Click to expand...

Yes, it is a DNS problem and your suggestive solution is the simplest way
 
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