| Transferring your
domain
Our nameserver
information
Primary Nameserver: ns.nshosts.com
Primary IP Address: 69.80.208.2
Secondary Nameserver: ns2.nshosts.com
Secondary IP Address: 64.147.180.2
Do I have to
change my Domain Registrar?
No, you do not have to change your domain registrar at all.
Please read the below article which explains exactly what
you have to do to point your domain to us.
So what do I have
to do?
To point your domain to our services, you need to visit your
domain registrar (where you registered the domain) and change
the name servers associated with your domain to our name servers
and also remove any existing name servers that may be associated
with your domain.
This is a common process at all domain registrars as it is
required anytime anyone changes who hosts their website.
* For specific help on changing the name servers at your
domain registrar, go to their site, login and go to their
help section. Search for 'changing name servers' or 'changing
DNS servers'.
Why do I have to
transfer my domain, and what does it mean?
Firstly, a basic explanation of the domain name system (this
isn't entirely accurate but for all intents and purposes it
will help your understanding of what is happening).
What happens when you type in an address into your browser
is essentially the global (Internic) domain database is checked
to find the name servers for that domain. Once your browser
knows the name servers it contacts them and wants to know
the specific address of the computer that your website is
located on. Once it has that, it then goes to that computer
and retrieves your site. When you sign up with a hosting provider
you need to have the Internic domain database changed so that
it points to your new hosting providers name servers. We have
setup our name servers to accept your domain and point it
to the right computer (the one that will have your website
actually on it).
There are a lot of domain registrars around. Domain registrars
are the companies who actually modify the domain database
for you, you pay them for rights to a domain, and they update
the domain database when you tell them where you want it to
point. As there are now lots of domain registrars and more
popping up all the time, it is impossible for us to list explicit
instructions on changing the name servers associated with
your domain for all of them.
The job of transferring your domain is essentially up to
you, as we don't actually have any power to transfer the domain,
for authorisation reasons only the owner and certain contacts
can change details, however, we are willing to give you help
when you have specific questions. If you need help, send
your specific question to support and we will try to help
you out.
A handy tool is called 'whois'. This checks every domain
registered and tells you what it's name servers are currently
set to. Click here to visit the whois for most domains: http://www.allwhois.com/
or to find your registrar if you are unsure who that is, go
to
http://www.internic.org/whois.html
Please also remember that after you've changed it, it can
take up to 2-3 days to propogate throughout the world, meaning,
the change may not be visible for up to 2 days (it could be
longer if you are behind a firewall or proxy). More often
than not your site will be visible using your domain name
after just a few hours.
For a list of common Domain issues
click here. |
