CNAME does not work

bmistiaen

New Member
Hello,

I have setup a CNAME record for my domain mistiaen.com, but it doesn't seem to work.
Even after days, it isn't visible to the outside world.
I'm using mxtoolbox.com to check the cname record from the outside.
What could be wrong?

Regards,
Bjorn.
 

sandy

Administrator
Staff member
hi there

it appears that the .me URL the cname is pointing to is non functioning at present.

as well and I have fixed this for you now:
You must append a dot (i.e. '.') to the address if you wish to point a CNAME record to a host at another domain.

Examples:

  1. To map www.mistiaen.com to mistiaen.com, enter 'www' for the host and 'mistiaen.com' for the address (with no trailing dot)
  2. To map webmail.mistiaen.com to webmail.easymail.ca, enter 'webmail' for the host and 'webmail.easymail.ca.' for the address (with a trailing dot)

thanks
sandy
 

bmistiaen

New Member
Hello,

Thank you for your quick reply and explanation.
The cname is working now :)

I do have a follow-up question.
When I query ns1.zoneedit.com for that CNAME record, the query returns nothing.
I've tested this on manytools.org/network/query-dns-records-online/
The check returns: "No CNAME records found for mistiaen.com using ns1.zoneedit.com. (invalid Domain or DNS server?)"
Why doesn't it return the CNAME record?

Regards,
Bjorn.
 

sandy

Administrator
Staff member
you need to look at the actual host:

dig @ns1.zoneedit.com cname nas.mistiaen.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> @ns1.zoneedit.com cname nas.mistiaen.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13705
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;nas.mistiaen.com. IN CNAME

;; ANSWER SECTION:
nas.mistiaen.com. 300 IN CNAME mimanas.#####.##

thanks
sandy
 
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