The new A record has now been added and the
change will be made available according to your selection in the TTL field.The A record is an abbreviation of Address. An address record is used to link a domain or hostname to an IP address. By entering a hostname in the Host field, you can link the host to a given IP address, which you enter into the Points to field.
An A record allows you to have different hostnames for your website pointing to different IP addresses, which could be useful if they are hosted on different servers. Note that an A record can only point to one IP address, but several A records can point to the same IP address.
How to point an A record
Click Products in the top menu.
Select the domain from the drop-down menu.
Click Domain.
Click DNS Administration in order to open the DNS Administration screen.
In the A (Host) panel, enter the host name you wish to point to in the Host field.
In the Points to field, enter the IP address that you want to point the A record to.
In the TTL field (Time to Live), choose when the change should be made available for other servers, 24 hours is the recommended alternative.
The new A record has now been added and the
change will be made available according to your selection in the TTL field.
Tip! You can
also Edit and Remove
existing records by clicking the respective links in the Actions
column.
Read more about:
Domain Administration Glossary
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