[lug] figuring out name servers

[D. Stimits]

D. Stimits wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a public server with a routable IP address, via a 
> domain at godaddy.com. Unfortunately, it wants a name for the name 
> server, but the server is its own name server running bind, and no 
> matter what I do, listing the dotted decimal IP addresses shows as an 
> error. I see a "which came first, the chicken or the egg" dilemma 
> here...if I give a name server name (not dotted decimal address) to 
> godaddy.com, how do they know the IP of the name server? In this case 
> the name server and actual machine being pointed at are the same 
> thing. It also seems to mandate two name servers, but I have only 
> 1...I can give it two aliases for the same IP, e.g., ns1 and ns2...but 
> still it'll reject it since those names don't yet exist...I guess I'm 
> trying to make them exist. How is it possible to create a new name 
> server through someone like godaddy.com without having a previously 
> registered dns server?
>

Ok, nevermind that, I found the "@" record does the job :P

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net