umbria - 10:35 pm on Oct 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

Thanks Lorax and Dingman for the above replies Lorax and Dingman. Just to clarify. I'm not thinking of switching hosts. I'm thinking of setting up another domain at another host.

Lorax, your comments on switching hosts get to my main question though. If you switch hosts the DN record needs to be changed, so I'm trying to get it straight in my head who does this DN maintenance.

Dingman, you suggested that it can be either, sometimes the registrar handles the DNS, sometimes the host. Which is more usual?

My guess has been that the host provides the DNS itself, but the registrar records the IP addresses of these DNS servers (as you see them in a whois record). And if I switch hosts, or just park a domain then go looking for a host, it's the registrar I need to talk to about updating this information.

Am I on base here or off.