Multi-level Subdomain

ghaiha said 1 year, 3 months ago:

I have a domain and hosting by GoDaddy.
I have some questions:
1/ When I add a subdomain in Domain Management, it automatically appears on DNS. But when I add an A record (host) in DNS, it doesn’t appear in Domain Managemnt.
2/ Why in DNS, all A records point to one IP. How can hosting server know which is which?
3/ How can I add multilevels subdomain? I can add it to DNS, but it doesn’t appear in Domain Management for me to set the folder.
Thanks

timb said 1 year, 3 months ago:

@ghaiha

The subdomain area you are referring to is for forwarding. When you add a subdomain to this area we do add the DNS zone record for you to ensure it is setup properly. Not all zone records will be forwarded which is why it does not work in the reverse as you stated.

We have different servers to handle different kinds of traffic, including our forwarding IP address. This server will have the same IP but can determine the correct location to send your subdomains based on your settings in your Domain Manager.

You will not be able to add second level subdomains to the forwarding and masking section of your Domain Manager. You would need to create it within your zone record to point to a single subdomain which then is forwarded.

Tim B

luisma said 1 year, 2 months ago:

Does anyone knows how to create a multi level domain and assign different MX records to it using the Off-Site DNS feature?

timb said 1 year, 2 months ago:

@luisma

To set up a multi-level domain, you will need to create an A record where the subdomain will be in the host field and the Points To field will be ‘@’. When creating your own MX records, the host should be the same value that you used in your A record for the subdomain and the Goes To address will be the address of the mail server.

Tim B

adu said 1 year, 2 months ago:

please does any one know how to add a <<multiple levels of subdomains>> like xx.xxx.mydomain.com ?????

timb said 1 year, 2 months ago:

@adu

You can create a CNAME to set up a multiple level subdomain. An example can be found in this similar thread:

http://support.godaddy.com/groups/domains-management-and-services/forum/topic/problem-with-wordpress-on-sub-domain/

Tim B

Nate D said 1 year, 2 months ago:

@adu – You would create it in the same way, just include the 3rd and 4th level including the dot. For example…

Host: exa.mple Points to: (the IP address)
Would make exa.mple.yourdomain.com

mark_smyth said 1 year, 1 month ago:

@luisma
This does not work

To set up a multi-level domain, you will need to create an A record where the subdomain will be in the host field and the Points To field will be ‘@’

When putting the @ in the Points To field I get an error stating that an IP is needed,

chrisg said 1 year, 1 month ago:

@mark_smyth,

Sounds like you are trying to set this up under an A Record instead of a CNAME record. If you create the subdomain record under an A Record, you are correct in that you need to specify an IP address as A Records will only accept an IP to ‘Point To’.

CNAME records on the other hand can be directed to ‘@’ in the ‘Points To’ as this signifies that you are directing the record to the same IP as your root ‘@’ A Record.

Christopher G.