How to change my MX record?
It is possible to change the MX records for your domain. For this purpose you should log in cPanel and click on MX Entry. For more information on how to change the MX records for your domain, please check our tutorial: How to setup MX record for your domain name? CHROMEIS provides the reliable email […]
Continue Reading...How to setup MX record for your domain name?
Option 1: Change the MX Record to point to your server hostname If you have your domain name pointed elsewhere, but you wish to have your mail handled by your web hosting provider (e.g. CHROMEIS.com), you can easily achieve this by pointing your domain’s MX (Mail eXchange) record to your host. To point your mail […]
Continue Reading...How to change my A record?
You can manage your domain’s A records from your cPanel. In order to do this under CPanel, please use the Simple DNS Zone Editor tool to make the necessary changes in the DNS zone for the selected domain name. For WSP, please go to your domain, click on the domain name, then click on EDIT […]
Continue Reading...How to change my NS record?
CHROMEIS customers can change the NS records for your domain from: Domain Control Panel -> Type domain name and click Search -> Manage (next to the domain name you want) -> Your Domain DNS. Modify the NS records for your domain and then click the Update button to save the changes. It will take several […]
Continue Reading...How to modify your MX records for Google Apps Mail / Gmail?
Once you sign up your domain for Google Apps, you will have to change the MX records for your domain in order to use it in Gmail. If you are using cPanel, this can be easily done by using the MX Entry option. There find the domain you will be pointing to Google Apps Mail […]
Continue Reading...How to use the ‘hosts’ file?
The hosts file is used to map hostnames to IP addresses. With the hosts file you can change the IP to which you resolve a certain domain name. This is particularly useful when you wish to see how a website will look when hosted on a different server without having to wait for a DNS […]
Continue Reading...How to check where a DNS Record is pointing to?
In order to check a DNS record for your domain please use a third party tool such as: http://intodns.com/your-domain.com For example, http://intodns.com/CHROMEIS.com CHROMEIS also recommend http://iptools.com The above tool does not use DNS cache and will give you the most accurate information. If you have any DNS questions/problems, you may contact support for assistance. CHROMEIS […]
Continue Reading...What is a CNAME?
CNAME-records are domain name aliases. Often computers on the Internet have multiple functions such as web-server, ftp-server, chat-server etc. To mask this, CNAME-records can be used to give a single computer multiple names (aliases). For example computer “xyz.com” may be both a web-server and an ftp-server, so two CNAME-records are defined: “www.xyz.com” = “xyz.com” and […]
Continue Reading...How does DNS work?
All domain names are registered with the central Internet authority that operates the so-called root servers. Your domain name is registered with them, (i.e. Register.com, Network Solutions, DirectNic, etc.) They have a record for your domain that provides the addresses of two or more DNS servers which are responsible for your domain. Those DNS servers […]
Continue Reading...Clearing your local DNS cache
When transferring a domain name or updating your Name Servers for the domain, your local computer DNS servers might be still resolving your old site IP or perform queries to your old domain’s DNS servers – which will lead to either you not being able to access your new site or you will be accessing […]
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