WebAvenues Domains Advanced DNS Management

What is WebAvenues Domains DNS Management and how does it work?

WebAvenues Domains Advanced DNS Management is web-based and allows you to use nameservers located on our servers for any of your domains registered with WebAvenues Domains. Using your Internet browser you can add, remove, and edit Alias records (Host records), MX records (Mail Server records), NS records (Name Server Records), and CNAME records. In sum, you have total control over the DNS records for your domain, without the hassle or cost of maintaining your own DNS server.

Why WebAvenues Domains Advanced DNS Management?

It's quick. Simply enable DNS Management in the Domain Management area, charge the fee to your credit card, and immediately enter A records, NS records, MX records, and CNAME records for your account. Within 24-48 hours the changes will have propagated through the Internet and you will be in business! WebAvenues Domains updates its DNS files hourly, so your changes will be implemented quickly. Remember though that due to DNS caching on the Internet it may take longer to see your changes.

It's easy. There are no messy configuration files to worry about with WebAvenues Domains Advanced DNS Management. Records can quickly be added, removed, and edited using an intuitive interface.

It's reliable. WebAvenues Domains uses multiple DNS servers located at co-location sites with plenty of bandwidth and low-latency access for your DNS needs. Don't worry about the stability of your connection or about losing customers because your DNS server is down. WebAvenues Domains provides a first or second line of protection for your DNS service needs; we can act either as primary or secondary nameserver for your business.

You can add WebAvenues Domains Advanced DNS Management to your domains during checkout.
To add DNS Management to an existing domain, visit your account management.

WebAvenues Domains Advanced DNS Management Help

How fast will I be up and running?

You can be up and running very quickly, especially if you add Advanced DNS Management directly to your domain registration order. However, please note that initial registration of nameservers can take 48-72 hours because we need to set your nameservers to WebAvenues Domains nameservers, as well as update the other nameservers on the Internet with your new information. Subsequent changes to your records will be reflected in our nameservers within an hour of you making them.

What kind of records can I create?

Alias Record. A unique Alias Record should be created for each physical host in your domain that you desire to address using a DNS name such as mycomputer.mydomain.com. Enter a hostname for your computer and the IP address of the computer that you want that name to point towards. Technical Notes: An Alias is the same as a BIND "A" Record. You may add multiple Alias's with the same hostname but different IP's to provide systems redundancy if you have multiple computers providing the same services.
NS Record. A Nameserver Record specifies a host to act as a Nameserver for a domain. When you first log in to the Advanced DNS Management console, WebAvenues Domains's nameservers are set to act as the nameservers for your domain. The records for our nameservers appear in red in the Management Console. The hostname of a Nameserver must be an Alias. Do not use a CNAME.
MX Record. A Mailserver Record specifies a host to receive mail for your domain. Most commonly, mail sent to anyaddress@domainname.com gets delivered to the host mail.yourdomain.com The hostname of a Mailserver must be an Alias Record. Do not use a CNAME.
CNAME Record. A CNAME Record creates a pointer from a name to an alias name. For example, you may wish to have the name ftp.yourdomain.com point to webserver.yourdomain.com. To do this create a CNAME record from ftp to webserver.yourdomain.com. This allows you to refer to already named machines without having to worry about IP addresses.