• Creating Private Name Servers at 1and1.com

    Creating Private Nameserver series 1. Creating Private Nameservers at 1and1.com This demo assumes you have a domain name registered through 1and1.com, and starts from their home page. Now let’s learn how to create our own custom private nameservers. Click "Login" to sign in to your account. Enter your domain name and password, then click Login. […]

  • Creating Private Name Servers at 123-reg.co.uk

      Creating Private Nameserver series 2. Creating Private Nameservers at 123-reg.co.uk This demo assumes you have a domain name registered through 123-reg.co.uk, and starts from their home page. Now let’s learn how to create our own custom private nameservers. Click "Control Panel" at the top of the page, to sign in to your account. Enter […]

  • What is the difference between a “Domain Transfer” and a “DNS Update”?

    For a DNS Update When you update the name servers for your domain name you instruct the DNS servers on the internet to point the traffic for your domain name to our DNS (or “name servers”), which are: dns1.appliedi.net dns2.appliedi.net For a Domain Transfer First off, when you use this term it usually refers to […]

  • Should I pay for private domain registration?

    This question would be at your preference dependent upon how private you want the information to be.   All domain registrars register domains through Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).  The contact and registrant information for the domain registration must be accurate and made public.  The use of false information is a violation of […]

  • How to Manage DNS through your Domain Registrar

    There are several ways to manage your domain’s DNS records. Shared Hosting, Reseller, and Fully Managed Dedicated Server/VPS clients can use our nameservers and control panel to manage DNS zones.   For all other Dedicated/VPS servers, your options are:   Install & Configure DNS service on your server Purchase DNS-only add-on (please contact our sales […]

  • How to Install and Configure DNS on Windows 2008 Server

      This tutorial is for client-managed Dedicated Servers or VPS servers, not running a Control Panel administration (i.e. – not running Plesk or Helm).   ** Before you set up DNS on your server, be sure you have registered your private nameservers at your Domain Registrar. Tutorials for the most common domain registrars are available […]

  • How to Disable Recursion on a Windows DNS Server

    Note: If your server has a legitimate need to perform DNS recursion (example – you have applications that need to resolve external DNS), you can alternately disable and/or scope the local Windows Firewall rule that allows incoming DNS requests.   Windows 2003:  Uncheck or remove any rules for DNS, DNS.exe or exceptions for port 53. Windows 2008 […]

  • How do I edit my hosts file to preview a domain name?

    The instructions below explain how to update the hosts file on your PC. This is useful when trying to preview a domain before updating DNS.  You will need the domain name (eg: example.com, test.example.com) and the IP address of the target server. Make sure you close all open browser windows before doing this.  NOTE: ‘hosts’ is […]

  • URL Rewriting in WordPress using ISAPI-rewrite 3.0

    The instructions below pertain to sites hosted on IIS6 or Windows Server 2003 or earlier. In IIS7 and Windows Server 2008 or later, IIS has a built in URL rewriting feature that’s supported by WordPress by default. One of the easiest and most effective solution for URL rewriting for Wordpress in a Windows hosting environment […]