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When I change nameservers with a domain registrar how does the host know to associate the domain wit

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2006-08-10 19:03:12, Category: Programming & Design
I've spent hours searching around for the answer to this and all of the documentation is cryptic. Let me phrase this in a way I hope will get me the answer I'm looking for. - Mydomain.com was registered with Yahoo - Currently, hosting for mydommain.com is with Yahoo - I would like to continue to have Yahoo handle the domain name, but I would like to transfer my hosting to Bluehost - This is what I'm especially confused about: If I simply put Bluehost's nameservers in the DNS configuration in my Yahoo! domain control panel, how the heck will Bluehost know the site is mine and associate it with my Bluehost account? - If my understanding of this is wrong, why is there even an option to put another host's nameservers in the DNS configuration? NOTE: I already know HOW to change the nameservers, I've read that same bit of information over and over again. I just want to know how Bluehost will know to associate the domain with my hosting account. I'll happily give 10 pts to the best answer.

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  1. Taztug

    On 2006-08-11 13:56:16


    Lets clear up the fact that we are talking about 2 different entities here. First there is the domain name. Second there is the actual hosted web site. Computers on the Internet use DNS servers to translate URL names, WWW.DISNEY.COM, to an IP address, 199.181.132.250. This address is how the computers talk to each other and how the web browser gets the actual hosted web page. The computer with the IP address is actually hosting the web page. Thus when you change the DNS entry for your Domain name at yahoo you are actually linking your domain name to the new translating server. When you host the actual web pages at the new site what they will do is put an entry into the DNS server. This entry is your domain name and the IP address where that web site can now be found. Let me give you an additional example. I have a domain name registered with Network Solutions. The actual site is hosted at a different location and they have the entries for the IP address in their DNS servers. I hope this helps.