How to "point" your domain to our servers

How do you set your domain name (yourname.com) so it "points" to our web servers (the computers on which your site will reside)?

It's actually very easy to do. You'll want to visit your domain name registar's website, and log in, then follow a few steps to change your site's nameservers.

Our nameservers are called:
TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
TEN.35ENOZ.2SN

Why is this necessary? How does it work?

When you type in a domain name, you're routed to the server on which the website associated with that domain name resides.

Think of it this way: it's as if the domain name was the name of a person or business and the server address is a street address.

Imagine getting in a taxi, and asking to be taken to Trader Vic's. Though you may not know the actual street address, the cabbie can take you there because he knows the physical address where Trader Vic's is located, and how to get there.

The same thing happens when you ask to be taken to a domain name (maybe TraderVics.com!). You can get there because there is a physical address (the server address or "nameserver") associated with it, and the internet knows where that is, so can take you there when you ask it to.

When you set your domain name so it points to a particular server (the location where your site resides), that information is, over a 24-48 hour period, shared with every web server in the world. This connection of web servers is known as the internet. After all the servers know where your site lives, you can get to your site simply by using your domain name.

If you register a new domain name, change webhosts (or servers), you'll need to let the company that you registered your domain name from know, so they can get the word out to all the servers about your site's new address.

GoDaddy.com

1. Log in to your account at GoDaddy, then click "my account" link at right, then "manage domains."
2. Click on your domain name; at right you will see 'nameservers summary.' Click the link right below that to modify the nameservers.
3. Check the "custom name servers" box & enter the addresses of our nameservers.
   Name Server 1 is TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
   Name Server 2 is TEN.35ENOZ.2SN
4. Then click "save changes." It will take up to 48 hours for the change to go into effect worldwide. (But you can try it out anytime to see if it's working yet.)

Yahoo.com

You can change your name servers using the "Change Name Servers" area of your Domain Control Panel.

1. Sign in to your Business Control Panel at http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/index.php. (If you have not yet signed in with your Yahoo! ID and password, you'll be prompted to do so here.)
2. Once signed in, you will see modules for each of your domain names on the "Manage My Services" page.
3. Select the "Domain Control Panel" link that corresponds to the domain whose record you wish to edit.
4. Click the "Manage Advanced DNS Settings" link on your Domain Control Panel.
5. Click the "Change Name Servers" button.
6. Replace the primary and secondary name server host names with those of your new domain name host.
   Name Server 1 is TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
   Name Server 2 is TEN.35ENOZ.2SN
7. Click the "Submit" button.
8. You'll return to the "Advanced DNS Settings" page, and your new name server will appear in the name servers list.
9. You're done! It will take up to 48 hours for the change to go into effect worldwide. (But you can try it out anytime to see if it's working yet.)

Enom.com

1. Log in to your account at Enom.com, then choose menu option "Domains."
2. Click on "my domains", then click on your domain name.
3. Under the top section, "DNS SERVER," click the "change" button.
4. Select "user," then click "save changes."
5. Four blank boxes will display. You only need to fill in the first two. Enter the addresses of our nameservers.
   Name Server 1 is TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
   Name Server 2 is TEN.35ENOZ.2SN
6. Then click "save changes." It will take up to 48 hours for the change to go into effect worldwide. (But you can try it out anytime to see if it's working yet.)

Dotster.com

1. Log into your account, then click on the "My Domains" tab.
2. Check the box next to the domain that you would like to update
3. In the dropdown menu under "Step 2, Select Which Management Option You Want to Perform" Select "Modify Name Servers."
4. Click "Go."
5. Type in the first server name, TEN.35ENOZ.3SN, then click the "Add" button.
6. Type in the second name server, TEN.35ENOZ.2SN, then click the "Add" button.
7. Enter your e-mail address where you would like your confirmation sent, then click "Continue." You're done! It will take up to 48 hours for the change to go into effect worldwide. (But you can try it out anytime to see if it's working yet.)

Register.com

1. Log into Account Manager. Select the domain name for which you wish to change DNS Servers.
2. Under the heading "DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM SERVERS (DNS SERVERS)" enter the DNS Servers
   Name Server 1 is TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
   Name Server 2 is TEN.35ENOZ.2SN
3. Click the "Continue button." When the confirmation page appears, click "Continue" again. You're done! It will take up to 48 hours for the change to go into effect worldwide. (But you can try it out anytime to see if it's working yet.)

Network Solutions

1. Log in at Network Solutions.com
2. The "Domain Details" section (if you have more than one domain name, you will first need to click on the domain name you want to change) displays different options depending on where your domain name is currently pointing:
   • If Domain currently points to: Standard Under Construction Page, XX Page Web Site, or A Web Forwarding Address, then to the right of Change domain to point to: select the radio button next to Custom DNS Setting and click on the Apply Change button.
   • If DNS Settings: is listed then click on Edit DNS
   • If Domain currently points to: Designated DNS then click on the Edit link
3. On the Edit DNS page, in the Move DNS to a New Name Server section click on the Continue button
4. Click on the "Continue" button.
5. In the textboxes type the new name servers
   Name Server 1 is TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
   Name Server 2 is TEN.35ENOZ.2SN
6. Click on the Continue button

Melbourne IT

1. Login to your My Account by clicking on the link at the top right of the website, and entering your username and password. The My Account Console will be displayed
2. Click View/Manage Domain Names under the Domain Names section of the Console.
3. The View Domain Names page will be displayed with the list of domain names under your My Account.
4. Click the domain name. The Domain Management page will be displayed.
5. In the Name Server Details section of the page, click Change Delelgation Details.
6. On the Delegation page, enter the details of the new name servers for your domain name
   Name Server 1 is TEN.35ENOZ.3SN
   Name Server 2 is TEN.35ENOZ.2SN
   Click Submit Changes.
7. A confirmation message will appear with the details of the updated delegation.

Questions?

best regards,
Denise