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Changing your authoritative name servers to DNS Central
Before a domain will work with any of DNS Central's services (web and
e-mail forwarding, name service, etc.), it must be changed to show DNS
Central's name servers as its "authoritative name servers."
This is accomplished via what is called a domain "modification" or
domain "transfer."
Below you will find general steps on transferring "authoritative
control" of your domain name to the DNS Central name servers. Please
send e-mail to service@dnscentral.com if you
have additional questions about this procedure.
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Note: If you have a .biz, .com, .info, .net, .org, or .us domain and you
would like to reduce your annual registration fee, please see the Registrar
Transfer page. |
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The rest of this page is divided into the following sections. Please
review each section that is appropriate for your situation.
BIZ, COM, INFO, NET, ORG and US Domains
There are many organizations (i.e. registrars) that register these
domains and the procedures to update your name servers vary. As we find
out information about each of the new registrars' procedures, we will
update this web page.
| Registrar |
To change name
servers |
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Internic /
Network Solutions |
If your domain was registered
via Networks Solutions or the old Internic service (most ISP registered
domains were done via Internic), you will need to submit a domain
modification request via e-mail. To do this, first access the Domain
Name Modification Form, enter your e-mail address and domain name,
select the "Modify Existing Domain Name Registration" option and
click "Proceed". Change the primary and secondary server
hostname and netaddress to those shown in the Name
Server and Technical Information section below. Submit the form for
processing and Network Solutions will e-mail a copy to you. When you
receive the copy of the modification form, you must immediately e-mail it
back to them (reply usually works) without making any changes. Once they
receive the e-mailed form, they will begin processing the request and may
send additional confirmation e-mails before they will complete the
request. Hopefully if all goes well, the changes will be completed within
a few days. |
| WorldNIC, NSI RegistrationPlus or
NSI-hosted domains |
For all domains or "web
addresses" reserved via Networks Solutions WorldNIC or
RegistrationPlus service (aka NSI-hosted), you can attempt to modify the
domain information online or call Network Solutions at 888.642.9675 or
703.742.0914 and request that they change the name servers and technical
contact to those shown in the Name Server and
Technical Information section below. |
| Register.com |
Go to register.com, log into the
Domain Manager using the information provided to you by Register.com and
change the name servers to those shown in the Name
Server and Technical Information section below. |
| OpenSRS / Tucows.com / DNS Central |
Most OpenSRS domains can be
modified via our Manage Your
Domain Registration page. However it may be necessary to manage your
domain at the Registration Service Provider site where you registered it.
Once you have logged into the management system, select Manage Name
Servers and change the primary and secondary hostname to those shown in
the Name Server and Technical Information section
below. |
Country Code Domains
To update a country code domain, please refer to the table below. If
the country code domain that you want to use with DNS Central services is
not listed, you will need to contact the registry for the domain yourself.
This is usually the person or organization who registered the domain for
you. Ask them to change the name servers to those shown in the Name Server and Technical Information section
below.
| Country Code |
To change name
servers |
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| .nu |
Go to the .NU Customer
logon page, log in using your e-mail address and .NU Domain password.
Select "modify", then "edit information", provide the
information as requested and change the name server and technical contact
to those shown in the Name Server and Technical
Information section below. Note that the .NU Registry may charge a
nominal fee to update your domain information. |
Our Name Server and Technical Information
The DNS Central name servers and technical contact are as follows:
Name Servers:
ns1.dnscentral.com
ns2.dnscentral.com
Technical Contact
Name : DNS Central
NIC Handle: DC278-ORG
E-Mail : dns@DNSCENTRAL.COM
Note: the technical contact information is usually only needed
for Network Solutions registered .com .net or .org domains and for .nu
registered domains.
I am having trouble changing my name servers
Sometimes you may encounter problems when attempting to modify your
domain information. Possible reasons include invalid or old contact
information, current contacts are uncooperative, etc. If so, please see
our page that addresses transfer trouble
issues.
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