Pointing a sub-domain to the server

[administrator65]

Hello!
I am a new member here..
I already have a domain and is being managed by another server..
Now, I would like to leave the default domain on the present server and would want only a sub-domain of the same to be redirected to my x10hosting server.
Please could someone help me as to how this could be done?

I have tried using the A entry method and put the IP address. But the problem is that it is pointing to http://ns1.x10hosting.com/ and not the the server alloted to me..

My default domain name is: http://www.thejurists.com
and the sub-domain I want to point to this server is: http://www.corner.thejurists.com

 

[brinni1]

Instead of an A record use an NS one

And make sure you have parked it in cpanel

 

[administrator65]

How do I use the NS Records?

I have a CPanel in the default domain too. And all that I can see is the A, CNAME and TXT Records

 

[dlukin]

69.175.120.122 is the IP you should have used for the server you are on (starka)

Did you use

99.198.122.2 instead?

 

[techairlines]

In the future, if you ever need the IP address of your server, simply send a ping to (servername).x10hosting.com, which in this case is starka.x10hosting.com.

ping starka.x10hosting.com

As dlukin mentions, its 69.175.120.122 (A record), but may change in the future.

You can also set a CNAME to starka.x10hosting.com to avoid problems with changing IP in the future, although CNAME requires two queries (looking up your subdomain, and then looking up the DNS of starka.x10hosting.com to get the IP).

 

[administrator65]

Thank you all. Yes, I did use the wrong IP and I will correct the same.

@techairlines, could you please elaborate on what the CNAME values would be and also the corresponding A values. I would prefer the later method as that would be more constant.

 

[techairlines]

Thank you all. Yes, I did use the wrong IP and I will correct the same.

@techairlines, could you please elaborate on what the CNAME values would be and also the corresponding A values. I would prefer the later method as that would be more constant.

In the DNS management, set a CNAME record for the host name 'corner' and set the record to be 'starka.x10hosting.com.'

If you prefer to use A records, set an A record for the host name 'corner' and set the record to be '69.175.120.122'.

Add either the CNAME or the A record, but not both.

As mentioned earlier, unless you move to another server with a different name, the CNAME would not need to be changed when the IP of a server changes.