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Originally Posted by voipfc
Does that mean that I have to delegate the subdomains ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com from dreamhost to my own name servers and have them answer for themselves?
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Only if you want to host domain.com on ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com. But then you also need a glue record:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns#Cir...d_glue_records
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Originally Posted by voipfc
I had a problem before when I tried to change the name server for a domain to the domain itself i.e at the registrar set ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com as the DNS servers for domain.com. I don't know whether it was the result of some old fashioned DNS setup as it was some years ago.
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That's the glue record problem again.
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Originally Posted by voipfc
A lot of registrars seem to prefer domain names rather than IP addresses when setting up name servers.
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You must use hostnames, except for glue records where you need an IP address.