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What are domain subdomains?
In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is a part of another (main) domain. For example, if a domain offered an online store as part of their website example.com , it might use the subdomain shop.example.com .
What are nameservers in domain?
Nameserver is a server on the internet specialized in handling queries regarding the location of a domain name’s various services. Nameservers are a fundamental part of the Domain Name System (DNS). They allow using domains instead of IP addresses. In easy words, nameservers define your domain’s current DNS provider.
How does DNS look up a subdomain?
The DNS lookup first tries to find your main domain – then gets the records in order to determine what to do with the request. It’s only after this it processes the subdomain. You can direct different subdomains to different IPs (servers) but you can’t force a client to keep looking at name servers for additional records.
How to change the name of a subdomain?
Click on the Gear SYMBOL for the desired domain under Actions and then on DNS. For the desired NS record, under Actions, click on the Gear SYMBOL and then on EDIT RECORD. To change the name server of the subdomain, enter its hostname in the Value field.
Are there different levels of a domain name?
But to reach it the DNS resolver first has to look up all authoritative name servers, responsible for all levels in the domain name. For example, the domain superhosting.bg is actually comprised of two levels – superhosting and bg. The superhosting domain is actually a subdomain of the .bg domain.
Where are DNS records located for a domain name?
For example, the domain superhosting.bg. consists of few levels (domains), so if we look at it backwards: Each level knows which the authoritative name servers for the next level are. We remind you that DNS records (the DNS zone) for the respective level are located on the authoritative name servers.