Changing our firms ISP\SMTP handler - What steps do we need to take ?
I work for Wiseman Lee in East London
Our external IP address shows up as 212.115.52.53 - assigned to London Link (Our current ISP)
Our MX records are mail.wisemanle.co.uk 212.115.52.54 again assigned to london Link
As part of a network reshuffle we are switching to another ISP who will also handle the SMTP feed etc...
How would I proceed with this and what exactly is invloved
Will we be issued another IP address from our new ISP (This wll need to go into my firewal)
Our external IP address shows up as 212.115.52.53 - assigned to London Link (Our current ISP)
Our MX records are mail.wisemanle.co.uk 212.115.52.54 again assigned to london Link
As part of a network reshuffle we are switching to another ISP who will also handle the SMTP feed etc...
How would I proceed with this and what exactly is invloved
Will we be issued another IP address from our new ISP (This wll need to go into my firewal)
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DNS hosting is the term I have used to describe the company who's DNS server hold the Start of Authority ( and consequently the authoritative records ) for you domains. Using DNS tools ( I used www.demon.net/external but www.dnsstuff.com is popular) you can see that londonlink.net holds the SOA - are these your web hosting company?
These are the people you will need to submit the change request with - or whose online portal you will have to use to make the changes. I they are your old ISP you need to find a new provider and ask that they transfer your domain to them - your old ISP will release it after checking with you that it is OK to do so.
The change request will be something like:
Can you change the following records for our domain wisemanlee.co.uk
Old A record: mail.wisemanlee.co.uk. 1.2.3.4
New A record: mail.wisemanlee.co.uk. 4.3.2.1
These are the people you will need to submit the change request with - or whose online portal you will have to use to make the changes. I they are your old ISP you need to find a new provider and ask that they transfer your domain to them - your old ISP will release it after checking with you that it is OK to do so.
The change request will be something like:
Can you change the following records for our domain wisemanlee.co.uk
Old A record: mail.wisemanlee.co.uk. 1.2.3.4
New A record: mail.wisemanlee.co.uk. 4.3.2.1
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What is exactly DNS hosting - is that the company that hosts our domain names wiseman and wisemanlee.co.uk ?
Because they are not host by our current ISP they are hosts by the firm that host our website a company called VLI ?
How do I update A and MX records for our mail server - Old ISP - New ISP - Online ?
So what is DNS hosting ?