DNS Zone file issues with Granitecanyon

DNS zonefile granitecanyon

[tpwinn]

I'm using Granitecanyon for my DNS and am having trouble setting a sub-domain to point to a separate IPn address. I was wondering if anyone here could help me out.

I would like the sub-domain v---.c----.com to point to another IP address not located where the webserver is. I've read what I can and can't see any obvious problems.

Please help!

=====Current Zone File=====
; Addresses for canonical names
localhost.c-----.com. IN A 127.0.0.1

; A Records
c-----.com. IN A 66.00.00.00
v---.c-----.com. IN A 67.00.00.00

=====end====

[edited by: txbakers at 8:20 pm (utc) on Sep. 18, 2005]
[edit reason] no specific domain names. [/edit]

[txbakers]

Hi and welcome to the WebmasterWorld.

You can't point a subdomain to a different IP address AFAIK.

The first part of the domain is for internal routing. The c-----.com is the actual domain that gets pointed to an IP.

I had to snip your post as our TOS doesn't allow specific IP addreses to be posted.

[py9jmas]

Subdomains can be pointed at dfferent addresses. 'webmasterworld' is a sub domain of '.com' just as much as 'www' is a subdomain of 'webmasterworld.com'.

I haven't looked at Granite Canyon for a while, but I seem to recall you send them a complete zone file complete with SOA record, which I don't see in your post. Have a look through some of the DNS Howtos with example zone files.

[tpwinn]

Sorry about that. I should have read the TOS better before posting.

I'll try to repost without specific info because I've checked all the How-tos on Granitecanyon and elsewhere, but still can't get it to work.

What I'm trying to do is get the subdomain vent.<mydomain>.com to resolve to another IP addresss hosted elsewhere. I have tried a few different formats from different 'How-to's , but to no avail.

I also tried with the full domain name specified in the A and PTR sections.

Thanks!

====zone file====

; Addresses for canonical names
localhost.<mydomain>.com. IN A 127.0.0.1

; A Records
<mydomain>.com. IN A 66.45.27.150
vent. IN A 67.19.149.162

; PTR Records
150.27.45.66 IN PTR <mydomain>.com.
1.0.0.127 IN PTR localhost.<mydomain>.com.
67.19.149.162 IN PTR vent.

; Aliases
www.<mydomain>.com. IN CNAME <mydomain>.com.

; NS Records
<mydomain>.com. IN NS ns1.<free dns site>.com. ; EXTREF
<mydomain>.com. IN NS ns2.<free dns site>.com. ; EXTREF
<mydomain>.com. IN NS ns3.<free dns site>.com. ; EXTREF

; RP Records
<mydomain>.com. IN RP twinn.<emaildomain>.com. gaijin.<mydomain>.com.
gaijin.<mydomain>.com. IN TXT "Tim Winn, NIC handle: twinn"

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