I have set up DNS for my website so that example.com is an A record (pointing to the IP), but I don't know what to do about www.example.com.
I intend to add a CNAME record www.example.com so it would become an alias of example.com.
BUT, I've been checking my settings with https://intodns.com and it shows:
ERROR: I could not get any A records for www.example.com!
The error clears if I change www to A record. Is there a "rule" requiring that?
I have a Mac Mini (1.83GHz, 1.5 RAM) with a fresh install of OS X Snow Leopard Server and I want to use it for DNS and web hosting.
What I have done so far is to go to the domain registrar and configure a new nameserver (ns.domain.tld) to point to my static IP. This Mac Mini is behind a DI-524 router and I have forwarded ports 53 and 80 to the Mini.
I have also added the domain name to the DNS configuration panel:
but intodns.com gives the following error (among others, and obviously the site is not working): "Mismatched NS records WARNING: One or more of your nameservers did not return any of your NS records."
I don't know where to go from here ..
Thank you to anyone willing to take the time to give me a hint!!