Network Solutions Domain Name

gamb

I've been trying for a while to use my personal domain name and have it point to my smugmug photos

According to what I've found I'm supposed to do the following

Option 2: DIY
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1. Point your CNAME 'www' to domains.smugmug.com .

2. Point your A Record '@' to 208.79.45.23 .

3. Visit your SmugMug Account Settings > Me > Account tab for the "Custom Domain" line. Paste your new domain name into the box and click "Save Changes." That's it!

I logged into my Network Solutions Account and went to Advanced DNS and see the following "Hosts" listed under IP Address (A Records). I also can only add an IP address under the A records section. I pinged domains.smugmug.com and tried that IP address but it has not worked



I have nothing under CNAME



I can't delete the www from the A records and add it to the CNAME. I can't add "www" alias to CNAME because it's already been used. How am I supposed to set this up?

denisegoldberg

Does this help - http://themechanic.smugmug.com/DNS/Root/Network-Solutions/22668940_dvQBkn#!i=1816178558&k=Jcm7GtL?

--- Denise

gamb

I finally got the CNAME added but Network Solutions keeps adding a period to domains.smugmug.com



this is bloody irritating

gamb

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Does this help - http://themechanic.smugmug.com/DNS/Root/Network-Solutions/22668940_dvQBkn#!i=1816178558&k=Jcm7GtL?

--- Denise

Ok, I removed the wildcard entry form the "A" values also and it looks like the example has a period after domains.smugmug.com so we'll see what happens when it propogates

thenickdude

The extra period is fine, don't worry about it.

gamb

removing the * in the A entries seemed to do the trick once everything propogated

thanks for the help