CName issue

**South** · 12-23-2005, 09:48 AM

I've never had any trouble setting up CNAMES before, but I'm having a real hard time getting this one to work. According to the screenshot, the pac subdomain should resolve to the designated IP, correct. Am I just missing something?

John Scott · 12-23-2005, 10:58 AM

I think this might get a response sooner in the web hosting forum

*Moved*

John Scott · 12-24-2005, 12:41 AM

I believe you want to put the domain name in there, not the IP address.

I just checked my servers and they have the domain listed in both those fields, as opposed to the IP address.

**South** · 12-24-2005, 08:38 AM

There is no domain...it's a dedicated server at the office of the client.

I can access the ip directly with a browser, but can't get this to work. There's got to be a way. I'll keep digging.

**South** · 12-24-2005, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnScott

I believe you want to put the domain name in there, not the IP address.

I just checked my servers and they have the domain listed in both those fields, as opposed to the IP address.

John, that turned out to be helpful because it got me thinking in another direction. Because the IP has no alias...no domain, the CNAME doesn't work. Instead I set the A records of the subdomain to point to the desired IP and that did it.

Thanks!

John Scott · 12-24-2005, 09:12 AM

Glad it worked out