Subdomain on different host

Question

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to host a subdomain for my site with a different hosting company and I'm running into issues on how to set it up.

Here are the specifics: - Domain is registered with GoDaddy. - Nameservers are pointing to DiscountASP.net where ASP.NET app has been happily running for couple of years. - Would like blog.mydomain.com to point to my account with DreamHost.com to take advantage of their LAMP stack.

I have added blog.mydomain.com to DreamHost (after adding mydomain.com) via their control panel. I thought I would be able to add a subdomain entry on GoDaddy to point to DreamHost, but all they allow is blog.mydomain.com = new url.

In theory I could just take our .biz or .net domain and host it on DreamHost but was hoping I could do it all with a subdomain.

So, to summarize I'd like to know if what I want to do is feasible and if so, how do I go about it (given the constraints of GoDaddy, DiscountASP, & DreamHost).

Thanks, Matt

Answer 1

You just need to add an "A" record in the DNS manager on Godaddy. In that "A" record put your IP from dreamhost.

I know this works since I'm doing the very same thing.

Answer 2

Hi, sub domain is part of the domain, it's like subletting a room of an apartment. A records has to be setup on the dns for the domain e.g

mydomain.com has IP 123.456.789.999 and hosted with Godaddy. Now to get the sub domain

anothersite.mydomain.com

of which the site is actually on another server then

login to Godaddy and add an a record anothersite.mydomain.com and point the IP to the other server 98.22.11.11

And that's it.

Answer 3

UPDATE - I do not have Total DNS enabled at GoDaddy because the domain is hosted at DiscountASP. As such, I could not add an A Record and that is why GoDaddy was only offering to forward my subdomain to a different site. I finally realized that I had to go to DiscountASP to add the A Record to point to DreamHost. Now waiting to see if it all works!

Of course, use the stinkin' IP! I'm not sure why that wasn't registering for me. I guess their helper text example of pointing to another url was throwing me off.

Thanks for both of the replies. I 'got it' as soon as I read Bryant's response which was first but Saif kicked it up a notch and added a little more detail.

Thanks!

Answer 4

Dear Sir, I have same problem.

I have added an A record by specifying another server address.

On my domain control panel there is a tag "Named Free DNS" there i have added A record. It is not working.

Following things are written on my DNS control panel.

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Nameserver Information *To use the Free DNS Service, you need to change the nameservers of e-rains.com to the Required Nameservers listed below:*

Current Nameservers

* ns402.arfitech.com
* ns401.arfitech.com
* ns2.01softbd.com
* ns1.01softbd.com

Required Nameservers

* info215338.mercury.orderbox-dns.com
* info215338.venus.orderbox-dns.com
* info215338.earth.orderbox-dns.com
* info215338.mars.orderbox-dns.com

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If I add info215338.mercury.orderbox-dns.com * info215338.venus.orderbox-dns.com * info215338.earth.orderbox-dns.com * info215338.mars.orderbox-dns.com this name servers then my subdomain work properly but my main site doesnt work...

Hope you will help me.