FatCow Web Hosting & Domain Names

DNS Record

A DNS (Domain NameServer) record (also known as a zone file) is a small set of instructions for resolving specified Internet domain names to the appropriate number form of an Internet Protocol address (an IP address).
Each domain needs to have a DNS record on the machine controlling the IP address on which a domain is hosted (nameserver). The company hosting your domain may or may not be hosting your website.
If you registered your domain through FatCow, your domain is most likely hosted by us. At FatCow, DNS records are located on our nameservers ns1.fatcow.com and ns2.fatcow.com.
A DNS record is basically a list of directions for where to send the web user. The three main types of requests from the user are:

• HTTP - Web page requests.

• FTP - FTP servers can be directed to the same or a different server than the web requests.

• Mail - The email can be sent to the same or a different server than the web requests. The mail entries in a DNS record are also known as MX records.

Change nameservers for a domain

1. Log into DomainCentral.
2. Find the domain you wish to modify in the list of domains, and click the "+" icon to the left of the domain name.
3. Select the Nameservers tab in the domain settings dialog that appears.
   
   
   
   
4. Two radio buttons are listed below "Update Name Servers":
   
   • Use default name servers
     
   • Use different name servers
     
5. "Use default name servers" lists the name servers that have automatically been applied to your domain. You do not need to take any action if you wish to keep the default entries. The default name servers appear as:
   
   • Nameserver 1: ns1.fatcow.com
   • Nameserver 2: ns2.fatcow.com
6. To use name servers different from the default settings, click the radio button next to "Use different name servers," and the two text fields will become active. 
7. Click Save when you are finished making changes to your name servers.
   
   NOTE: When making changes to your name servers, please allow up to 24 hours for these changes to take effect.