On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:18:51 +1300 (NZDT), Simon Lyall
Ok, I just spent 10 minutes googling around but no luck. [1] Why does .com and some other TLDs require that name servers be registered? [1] I did find this useful link on how to register nameservers though: http://www.whsupport.net/register_nameservers.php -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.
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Theres also the possibility that the registrar is fundamentally broken. I've come across instances in the past where a registrar wont allow you to set NS records if the target domain doesn't exist in their authoritive nameservers. This was supposed to be some "feature" which stopped a user from entering invalid info. The only fix for this is to make them temporarily create a zone for your NS domain while you fix the NS entries on your new domain. I've seen plenty of registrars that dont care at all what you use for NS records, and i have a handful of .com/.net domains who point to .nz NS's myself. Ask iServe? net24? they are more pricey than US registrars, but at least you can talk to them. I havent seen anything about registering NS records with registrars though, so i may be missing the point entirely?. Jeremy.