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Domain Name Service (DNS) FAQ

Question:
What is DNS (Domain Name Service)?
Answer:
Domain Name Service (DNS) is used to point a domain name to an IP Address, which in turn is the physical location of a website. Each domain name has a zone in DNS that contains records. The records point each form of the domain name to its corresponding host name or IP address.
For example:: DNS Zone: digiweb.ie
Record: www -> digiweb.ie
Record: digiweb.ie -> 89.234.64.47
Record: mail -> mx-relay-1.digiweb.ie; The DNS zones are stored on a name server.You can find a domains name server by preforming a whois on any domain name

Question:: How does a name server work?
Answer:: When a domain name is entered into a Web browser, a name server looks through its records for that domain name and then points the browser to the server that contains the requested website. This all happens in a matter of milliseconds.

Question:
How do I change the name servers?
Answer:
You can change your nameservers in our Digiweb DMS (domain management system) - https://manage.hosting.digiweb.ie
From here you can select domains on the left hand side and then click the green icon to manage a domain. In this section you can then alter the nameservers for any domain that you have purchased from Digiweb. This section will only work for domains purchased under digiwebs system. You may need to contact your domain registrar to alter nameservers otherwise
Question:: What are Digiwebs name servers?
Answer:
The following are our nameservers:
***For domain management via the DMS***
Primary:
ns8.digiweb.ie
(89.234.64.57)
Secondary:
ns9.digiweb.ie
(78.137.169.2)
***Our hosting cluster nameservers - for all domains hosted with digiweb***
ns1.hosting.digiweb.ie
( 89.234.64.40)
ns2.hosting.digiweb.ie
(83.147.160.131)
ns3.hosting.digiweb.ie
(89.234.64.41)