How to DNS setup?

[topimerah]

Do you know somewhere a HOW to DNS?. Or help me out this.
Here what I have:
I bought xyz.com domain name from yahoo only $2.99/year pretty cheap :D.
I can add A record or CNAME record. I added A records for *.xyz.com, www.xyz.com, xyz.com, ns1.xyz.com, all point to my xternal ip, and CNAME mail.xyz.com point to yahoo (i dont think this is right). All mail still point to yahoo. And Nameserver still point to yns1.yahoo.com and yns2.yahoo.com.

I also bought an abc.com domain from godaddy cost $8/year :mad:.

my Questions is:
I still confusing with DNS thingi, but what is the correct way to set it up at yahoo. I want abc.com point to my own DNS at ns1.xyz.com, how to do set it up in ISPconfig?.

Thank in advance for help or direction.

[mantasman]

as i prefer hosting dns on my server, i do so:
1. point domain to my name servers (for example, ns1.abc.tld)
2. set up dns trough ISPconfig. login as admin and then dns management in the top menu.
3. everything should work :)

you can test if everything is set-uped correctly at dnsreport.com

[topimerah]

as i prefer hosting dns on my server, i do so:
1. point domain to my name servers (for example, ns1.abc.tld)
2. set up dns trough ISPconfig. login as admin and then dns management in the top menu.
3. everything should work :)

you can test if everything is set-uped correctly at dnsreport.com

well dont you need to register ns1.abc.tld to begin with?. so other internet will know where is ns1.abc.tld.

[falko]

Have a look at this thread: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1207

[topimerah]

Falko & till,
You guys are great. Thanks a lot. That explained my confusion.