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You can upload files through FTP when your domain under propagation also. You need to use server IP address instead of  ftp.yourdomain.com as Host Name. Configuration when domain under propagation: For example :  HOST NAME : 202.54.67.201 USER ID     : username  PASSWORD : your hosting domain password After you login to your FTP account make sure that you upload your html, images and s...
Finding domain contact details and DNS info is called WHOIS search. Many domain registrars provides this facility and it's free to find any info. Here are the good sites to find your domain info. http://www.xwhois.com [http://www.xwhois.com/] http://www.dnsstuff.com [http://www.dnsstuff.com/] http://www.findnameservers.com [http://www.findnameservers.com] [http://www.fastwebhost.com/]
If your domain DNS propagation completed then you can see your site default page with fastwebhost.com image and under construction by entering http://www.yourdomain.com [http://www.yourdomain.com/] Now you need to replace our "index.html" page and upload your's.
DOMAINS REGISTERED WITH FASTWEBHOST.COM If you registered your domain with fastwebhost.com and purchased hosting plan you can easily update your domain DNS to our servers. First you need to collect Primary Name server and Secondary Name server address provided in your hosting plan welcome email ( Transfer Domain Section ) Login to your domain manager at http://access.fastwebhost.com [http://...
You must register them through your registrar, we don't control your DNS. Best way is to look at your Registrar's FAQ or help section or contact their support for how to register your nameservers with them. Usually most registrars do not charge for this service.
Private Nameservers are Private Label DNS which are configured for your domain. These can be listed on the domain record of your customers domains when they are hosted by your hosting service. Example:   NameServers: ns1.yourdomain.ext IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX   NameServers: ns2.yourdomain.ext IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX   OR NameServers: ns1.yourcompany.com IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX   NameServers: ns2.y...
DNS (DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM) is a system that translates a your domain name from letters (www.fastwebhost.com) into a numerical IP address (66.98.149.112 [http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=66.98.149.112] ) Each time you register a domain name you must specify your DNS information. If you register a domain name through fastwebhost.com, you can use our DNS information free of charge! This is k...
DNS propagation is the process by which the computers on the Internet update their records to reflect new Domain Names and site names. Once your Domain Name has been propagated throughout the Internet, your Domain Name can be accessed. The process can take from 24-72 hours. More on DNS : The Domain Name System is a global network of servers that translate host names into IP addresses. ...
If you type in "www.fastwebhost.com", your browser will look for the domain's location online. It finds the NAME SERVER (DNS ) information from the domain database, which tells the browser what server to access. Once the server is found it shows the pages for that domain on the server - and FASTWEBHOST.COM is visible in your browser. So in order for your web site to be visible online, your dom...
Because you haven't registered your nameservers yet, you need to register your namesevers first with the registrar of your nameserver domain before you can modify your nameservers.
TRACEROUTE, WHOIS, PING, AND DIG. The traceroute, whois, ping, and dig tools are very informative. There are many ways to run the commands, but here are the easiest. 1) Goto NWTOOLS.COM [HTTP://NWTOOLS.COM/] 2) Choose Express 3) Put the domain or IP in the search field and hit "Submit" This will run a series of tests. Give the tools a moment to run and check your results. Response times may va...
Most of your computer systems will temporarily store the website names that you have been visiting lately. This process speeds up name resolution if multiple lookups are done to the same address, such as is common when browsing the web. Hence, if you visit FastWebHost.com second time, the system will already have the name mapped and hence will retrieve the mapping (DNS) quickly. Sometimes a bad D...
UNABLE TO ACCESS WEB SITE FROM MY INTERNET OR ISP! Sometimes you may not be able to access web site from your computer internet but site just works fine from another ISP or location. Here are the possible reasons: 1) Your Internet DNS servers not resolving your web site properly. 2) Your computer might be having browsing cache problems. 3) Your Internet IP blocked with web hosting provid...
DIAGNOSING DNS RESOLUTION PROBLEMS. If you are encountering problems when resolving particular domain names/web sites, and want to verify whether the problem is with your DNS, please try running the following diagnostic procedures. STEP 1: VERIFY THAT YOUR ISP DNS RESOLVING YOUR WEB SITE PROPERLY. At the command prompt, run any one of the following commands, where _hostname_ is the name that y...