 Our easy-to-use DNS Management system allows you to create and remove DNS records for your domain (i.e. A records, MX records, NS, and CNAME records) without needing your own name servers.
"Please note that you do not need to change DNS settings as it is pre-configured by Freezone. It is only for advanced users that these functions are desirable, therefore please be careful with these changes as it can affect the functioning of your domain name. In case of doubt please consult our support department".
DNS stands for Domain Name Services and is how computers find other computers on the Internet. Each computer on the internet has a unique numerical IP Address associated with it. To make it easy for a user to find a computer, DNS allows an easy to remember name such as mail.yourname.com to be associated with a computer's IP Address. By adding an Alias record to a DNS server for your domain and telling it that e.g. pop3.freezone.co.uk is the computer with an IP Address of 62.189.246.66 you allow anyone on the Internet to find your computer just by using the name.
Advanced Set-up
For a simple single machine webserver/ftpserver set up you should create an Alias record with the IP address of your single machine and a descriptive name as the hostname. For example webserver.yourdomain.com IP Address = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. You can then create several CNAME entries that point to your single machine, such as www.yourdomain.com CNAME webserver.yourdomain.com and ftp.yourdomain.com CNAME webserver.yourdomain.com. People can now access your machine at either www.yourdomain.com or ftp.yourdomain.com.
Alias Record
A unique Alias Record should be created for each physical host in your domain that you desire to address using a DNS name such as mycomputer.mydomain.com Enter a hostname for your computer and the IP address of a computer that you want that name to point towards.
An Alias is the same as a BIND "A" Record. You may add multiple Alias's with the same hostname but different IP numbers to provide a systems redundancy if you have multiple computers providing the same services.
CNAME
A CNAME Record creates a pointer from a name to an alias name. i.e. you may wish to have the name ftp.yourname.com point to webserver.yourname.com. To do this, create a CNAME record from ftp to webserver.yourname.com this allows you to refer to already-named machines without having to worry about IP addresses.
MX Record
A Mail Server Record specifies a host to receive mail for your domain. i.e. Mail sent to yourdomain.com gets delivered to the host mail.yourdomain The hostname of a Mail Server must be an Alias Record. Do not use a CNAME.
NS Record
A Name Server Record specifies a host to act as a Name Server for a domain. The hostname of a Name Server must be an Alias. Do not use a CNAME.
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