Editing DNS Records with GoDaddy For Your Kajabi Account
Note: GoDaddy is used as an example how to edit DNS Records because their user interface is easy to work with. As each provider has a different way of doing this, you may need to contact their support center specially if you are not comfortable editing DNS Records. Just show this article to them and they should be able to figure it out.
Before anything else...
A Host Record is used to map the domain name to the IP address of the host that serves your website.
CNAME Record is an alias of another address (www.example.com is an alias of example.kajabi.com).
Let us continue... For using a Custom Domain name with your Kajabi account, only two steps are needed for this to work.
Step 1: On your end (this is done at your domain provider/registrar). (3) A Host Records that points to our IP addresses (75.101.145.87, 75.101.163.44 and 174.129.212.2) and (1) CNAME Record for 'www' that points to your Kajabi site (example.kajabi.com) must be created. Details found here.
Step 2: On our end configuration is automatic after adding your domain (www.example.com) in the Custom Domain field under the Project Settings tab.
Wait! I already have an existing site.
The following guide below is provided for those who ONLY want to add their Kajabi site as a Sub-Domain to an existing site.
Step 1: On your end (this is done at your domain provider/registrar). Create a CNAME Record (ex: 'members', 'portal', etc.) and point it to your Kajabi site (example.kajabi.com). Details found here.
Step 2: On our end configuration is automatic after adding your domain (members.example.com) in the Custom Domain field under the Project Settings tab.
Free DNS
If you've got a tiny personal website for something like holiday photos to share with friends and family, and you don't expect it to grow and don't care about uptime, free hosting is the right choice for you. There's no shortage of free DNS hosting providers to choose from, and each has a variety of different features.
Some come equipped with firewall policies, filtering, and rate limiting and blocking to help prevent DDoS attacks. The majority of free services include facilities to manage the records of your domain zone and typically offer Dynamic DNS.
If yours is a casual site or simply something you are doing for fun and it's not the end of the world if the site is down for a couple of days, free DNS services should work for you. On the other hand, if it's a commercial site that is driving your whole business, then you should choose a service that will safeguard your site with better support and uptime. These are the key differences between opting for free DNS and going for a premium service.
Premium DNS
Every commercial website should use premium DNS to guarantee they are both safe and available to their customers. There are distinct advantages of paying for a DNS: improved site availability, faster performance, and minimal security gaps.
Premium DNS involves pointing your domain to premium nameservers and setting up your records on these nameservers.
These are the typical features you should expect from premium DNS services:
Many premium DNS service providers offer Dynamic DNS (DDNS). DDNS automatically maps internet domain names to IP addresses, allowing you to access your home computer from anywhere in the world. Unlike standard DNS, which only works with static DNS, DDNS is designed to work with changing IP addresses, which is a good fit for home networks.
Secondary DNS - This premium feature is particularly useful if you manage your nameservers and want a backup or redundancy. A secondary nameserver will ensure that your domain never goes offline.
Management interface - A well-configured DNS dashboard lets you manage and make updates to your DNS easily online, instead of going through customer services to redirect your DNS using different record types, for example.
Reporting - Advanced reporting is available with premium services, including analytics that report the source country and record type for queried hostnames.
Administrative Control - Admin controls let you delegate administrator privileges with ease.
Two-way authentication - Protect your domain with two-factor login authentication.
DNS templates - Save time by applying DNS templates to the domain names in your Premium DNS Dashboard. This is useful if you are managing multiple websites.
Fast Performance - Redundancy - Guaranteed service level agreement for DNS resolution between 99-100% with paid DNS plans.
Queries per month - Premium DNS services guarantee domain resolution on millions of queries per month.
Close security gaps - Hackers can use your IP address to point to a malicious IP address to trick users into divulging important information and sometimes even money. Premium DNS hosting provides an additional layer of security for your website and thus additional protection from hackers.
DNSSEC support - Increase your domain name security with managed DNSSEC. Premium nameservers provide support and security for top level domains to protect them from attacks. Hackers have been known to infiltrate the DNS lookup process, directing users to deceptive sites for password and account collection, for example. DNSSEC is employed to protect domains from any vulnerabilities in the DNS system.
First-class customer service. DNS can get a bit tricky, so having professional support as and when you need it is invaluable to a smooth running website.
It is easy to use. Experts and beginners will find the interface for managing their nameservers simple to navigate.
Paid DNS services offer advanced features to manage your DNS, combined with a higher level of support and faster loading times. If you want super fast IP address resolution, you need a premium nameserver.
The fact of the matter is, extremely quick websites leave a good impression. People are impatient online. If you can shave a few milliseconds off the time it takes for people to discover your site via DNS, you might see some marginal gains.
Fast speeds aren't only to impress your site visitors; you'll want to impress Google with your site's loading and availability. If your site loading times aren't up to scratch, your search engine rankings and subsequent click rates could take a hit (DNS capabilities make up a huge part of site load times).
every user created on the OS will have to have different settings.....
before making changes...get the foll info from your internet service provider
IP Address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway, DNS server address both primary and secondary
once that's available.....
you can use different settings in in WinXP as below....
Control panel / Network Connection /Local Area Conn /Right click / properties/ Internet Protocol TCP IP / Check Box / Propertis / in IP address use the IP address that's been assigned by your internet service provider
log in to first user accunt and make the settings....for....
IP Address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway, DNS server address both primary and secondary
use the info obtained from the service provider.....
....then
in the IP address filed use some thing similar like this..(check your internet service provider for that info).....the foll is only an example from my PC
say....192.168.1.2 for user ONE
log out....
shut down and restart PC
log in to second user accunt and make the settings....for all the above fileds....then
in the IP address filed use 192.168.1.4 for user TWO....(note the difference of the last filed of the IP address....2 vs 4)...every new user a/c the last field of IP address keeps changing
1st user ....say 192.168.1.2
2nd user .........192.168.1.4
3rd user ..........192.168.1.6
etc...
DNS is the primary name resolution service for Windows Server 2003. Active Directory depends on DNS for domain controller location, and DNS influences Active Directory domain naming. Thus, to fully understand Active Directory, it helps to understand how DNS acts as an integral component in the design of Active Directory.
DNS provides Active Directory with both a name resolution service for domain controller location and a hierarchical design that Active Directory leverages to provide a naming convention that can reflect organizational structure.
Typically, a DNS domain namespace deployed to accommodate the Active Directory mirrors the Active Directory domain namespace. In cases where there is an existing DNS namespace prior to Active Directory deployment, the DNS namespace is typically partitioned for Active Directory, and a DNS subdomain and delegation for the Active Directory forest root is created. Additional DNS domain names are then added for each Active Directory child domain.
DNS data is used to support the location of Active Directory domain controllers also. During or after the creation of the DNS zones used to support Active Directory domains, the zones are populated with DNS resource records that enable network hosts and services to locate Active Directory domain controllers.
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