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need to put www in front of sitename.com to access web site --sbs 2003
Hello I have godaddy website -- I have my own exchange server and dns server and web site -- 2003 sbs
I cannot access my site when i type sitename.com -- it says service unavailable -
If i put www.sitename.com it works?????
Is this a arecord or a cname issue ?? I had my static ip changed by the cable company and when i entered the new ip at godaddy -- i then had to put www in front of the site name to access web site ???
thanks
I cannot access my site when i type sitename.com -- it says service unavailable -
If i put www.sitename.com it works?????
Is this a arecord or a cname issue ?? I had my static ip changed by the cable company and when i entered the new ip at godaddy -- i then had to put www in front of the site name to access web site ???
thanks
Rob Williams
Sounds like you have a host record for www. but no "wildcard" which would default all traffic for that domain to the appropriate IP.
you probably named your internal AD domain the same, "sitename.com". If so, when you just type sitename.com, it will try to connect to your DC, instead of your actual website hosted outside.
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I have one a record @ points to my ip address
a cname -- with www points to @
a mxrecord with @ points to sitename.com
as far as the ad domain being named sitename.com -- it was working last week -- was able to access without www -- until the cable company made me change my static!!
thanks again
a cname -- with www points to @
a mxrecord with @ points to sitename.com
as far as the ad domain being named sitename.com -- it was working last week -- was able to access without www -- until the cable company made me change my static!!
thanks again
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ok -- so a wildcard -- is this a arecord or a cname -- and could you give me a example -- such as @ points to www.sitename.com or @ points to the ip--
and is this a a record or a cname entry
thanks again rob
and is this a a record or a cname entry
thanks again rob
Sorry independencetech, I was off-line for a few days.
It depends on who you have your domain registered with a few won't allow you to create the record at all, some have the option to create a Host or A record for sitename.com, and others call it a wildcard which usually just has a check box to enable a wildcard, enter the domain and then any undefined prefixes or sub-domains are automatically linked to the assigned IP address.
It depends on who you have your domain registered with a few won't allow you to create the record at all, some have the option to create a Host or A record for sitename.com, and others call it a wildcard which usually just has a check box to enable a wildcard, enter the domain and then any undefined prefixes or sub-domains are automatically linked to the assigned IP address.