Exchange setup + noip going crazy

[MrNerd]

Hi Guys,

I really need some help with the setup I’m doing. I’m running SBS 2008 and have a domain registered (

http://www.nerd4hire.com.au)

and to make matters fun (not) I have a dynamic IP address so I have setup a noip free address (nerd4hire.no-ip.org). My domain is registered with netregistry and my hosting company is servage.net.

This is what I’m having trouble understanding

How would I go about setting up my mx records? Do I do this from the hosting company or the company where I purchased the domain name from? And where to I point the mx record to?

Do I need to setup A records (not sure how as I don’t have a static IP address)?

After this what must I do on the Exchange side of things?

Thanks for any help

 

[Noway2]

Ok, lets step back for a second. What objectives are you trying to accomplish?

First, you have registered a domain name: (

http://www.nerd4hire.com.au).

I did a check and tried to load this page, and it appears to be a web hosting provider, but you have not uploaded a web page yet. So if you want to use this company to host your website, you need to simply upload your web pages to them and you are good to go. You won't need to worry about any of the DNS issues you mentioned, it has been taken care of for you. They may have a service(?) to work with email. I don't know.

If you are trying to run a web / email server while using a provider that (only) assigns dynamic IP addresses. This is quite doable, but you need to take things a step at a time.

To do this, you would need to register or transfer the domain to a service provider that such as dyndns (or a local equivalent as you are in a different zone area than I am, but dyndns' site can give you the principles). This would then bridge the gap between your dynamic IP provider and your web page. They would also handle all the DNS issues regarding accessing your web page. This would be the A record portion.

Now, you mention MX records. These are for mail servers. Are you running a mail server? If you are, you will need to have a local DNS server and set up the MX records there so that your email server can route traffic properly through the primary and any backup servers.