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Can I use 2 different nameservers?
1 Answer. Sort of, but depending on your needs it may or may not work the way you want it to. The purpose of having more than one nameserver on a domain is redundancy, if there are multiple then each nameserver would be expected to contain the same records as its peers.
Why would you want to have multiple name servers?
The name server is separate from your actual server (at least it should be), so even if you have a single point of failure with your server, you’ll want redundancy at the NS layer. Yes if you main server goes down you’re offline, but multiple name servers will protect you from one of those being unavailable.
Can you mix DNS servers?
Most DNS services offer resolvers at two IP address – for instance, Google DNS is available at 8.8. In fact, you may also mix servers – like you can use Google Public DNS as the Preferred DNS server and OpenDNS as your Alternate DNS server.
What DNS number should you use?
Some of the most trustworthy, high-performance DNS public resolvers and their IPv4 DNS addresses include:
- Cisco OpenDNS: 208.67. 222.222 and 208.67. 220.220;
- Cloudflare 1.1. 1.1: 1.1. 1.1 and 1.0. 0.1;
- Google Public DNS: 8.8. 8.8 and 8.8. 4.4; and.
- Quad9: 9.9. 9.9 and 149.112. 112.112.
Can I have two different MX records?
Yes, it’s possible to have more than one MX record for one domain. Moreover, it is possible to assign priorities to them.
Can you use multiple A records?
You can do a lot with A records, including using multiple A records for the same domain in order to provide redundancy and fallbacks. Additionally, multiple names could point to the same address, in which case each would have its own A record pointing to that same IP address. The DNS A record is specified by RFC 1035.
Is there a way to use multiple nameservers?
As far as I know, there is no way to attach multiple nameservers to a single top-level domain name. However that being said, there is no reason that your hosting should require you to use their nameservers, unless you have some nonstandard hosting requirements that I am not aware of.
Do you need a nameserver to use Cloudflare?
However that being said, there is no reason that your hosting should require you to use their nameservers, unless you have some nonstandard hosting requirements that I am not aware of. Most hosting only requires you to log into whatever nameserver service you are using (in this case CloudFlare) and point A and/or CNAME records at the hosting.
Do you have to be on the same nameserver for a TLD?
Your TLD records have to be on the same nameserver. 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.
Can you add NS records to a subdomain?
Yes, You can. you will have to add the NS records for the subdomain in the DNS Manager for your TLD (Top Level Domain). For Example: In DNS Manager for TLD add NS records Like.