Ranjit Singh Sandhu wrote:
Thank you Matthew and Jones...
On a layman's description... If I write the following, is it correct?
take it this way -- client registers a domain name -> this is done by the domain name registrar --> there are DNS servers all around the world, which are synchronised within 48 hours of registering the domain name (url) --> so, each DNS server has two entries :: one for URL name and the other for the pointing IP address --> Now, to add this record in the DNS server you need to add "A" record. ("A" record is the type of record in DNS server entry.. according to my knowledge..) --> for a particular ip say, 12.12.12.12 the "A" record entry says http://www.somesite.com --> IF this is the only entry in the DNS, then the client browser won't be able to display something like http://somesite.com --> why?? bcoz' http://abcd means referring to a Machine (named abcd) that uses http as the protocol to get/transfer data... --> so, in order for the browsers to be able to access http://somesite.com ONE MORE "A" record has to be added (and this would be 12.12.12.12 "A" http://somesite.com , in our case). --> this could also be done by the DNS administrator using ALIASES...
Please correct, if I am wrong..
Somewhat correct, but you've got it kinda upside down. The A record applies to the host name, not the IP address. In your example, www.somesite.com as an A record that says 12.12.12.12, and you need to add an identical A record to somesite.com.
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/Jonas
