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A Domain Name is a group of letters, numbers, and hyphens in the form "yourownname.com" or "yourownname.net" where "yourownname" can be almost anything. A Domain Name should be relatively easy to remember. The domain
can be used as the address for your web site and/or can be used
as your e-mail address. All Domain Names are unique. It is your identity on the World Wide Web. For businesses and organizations, a domain name can help brand your products and services. For individuals and clubs, a domain can identify your affiliations, relationships, or can just be your online personality.
The valid characters for domain names are the alphabet, numbers, and hyphens. Domain names are not case sensitive, therefore YourOwnName.net and yourownname.net are NOT different. A domain name cannot start or end with a hyphen. Special characters such as exclamation marks (!), question marks (?), and underscores (_) are not allowed and there can be no spaces in a domain name. A domain name can only be 26 characters long, which includes the
extension. Therefore, if you are using the .com/.net/.org extensions,
your desired name can be 22 characters long. What is DNS and how does it work? DNS stands for Domain Name System and is the system that the Internet uses to find the information on the web. Domain names are registered with a central organization in each country and each domain name is associated with two DNS servers, a primary server and a backup server. In the United States the registry is called InterNIC. When someone types in a Domain Name into a web browser their Internet Service Provider's (ISPs) DNS computer looks into its cache for an IP (Internet Protocol) address associated with that domain name. If the ISP does not have an entry cached it sends a lookup query to InterNIC's root servers which returns the DNS location associated with the domain name back to the ISP. Once the ISP's computer finds the IP address it can access the web site. IP addresses are typically 12 digit numbers which identify a computer
on the Internet. IP addresses are like street addresses. They refer
to specific servers and their physical location on the network.
Domain names are like the names on the mailboxes, they are associated
with people and with content. What is InterNIC and what is Network Solutions Inc.? InterNIC stands for Internet Network Information Center and is the organization in the United States that manages Internet domain names and the DNS. Network Solutions Inc. is the company that has been contracted by the US Government to administrate InterNIC. Register.com is also an accredited registrar, and has an easier to use interface when looking for available names. For more information on the future of the InterNIC you may want
to read the NTIA's white paper on the "Improvement of Technical Management of Internet Names and
Addresses" . The Internet Protocol address or IP Address is a numerical identifier
for a computer (server) attached to the Internet. An IP Address
is four sets of numbers separated with periods, and is typically
a 12 digit number. Do I need to have a server to register a domain name? Yes. As part of the application process InterNIC requires two domain
name servers to link to your domain name. When you sign up for service
with 2servU.net, we file an application on your behalf, and submit
the proper server information. We handle the registration for you,
Free of charge! What are Top Level Domains (TLD) And what do they mean? The Top Level Domains (sometimes called Generic Top Level Domains)
are the last two or three letters in a domain name. Web sites outside
of the United States may have two letter country codes (for example:
.jp for Japan or .au for Australia). Top level domain signifiers
The .com, .org and Net TLDs are available to the public. How can I find out if a domain name is already registered? Using our Domain
Search (also at the top of this page) you can look up any domain
name instantly and find out if it has been taken in the .com, Net,
and .org domains. Do I have to pay for domain name registration? Yes: Traditionally Network Solutions requires the $70 InterNIC fee to keep track of your domain name and associated information. This fee covers the first two years of domain name ownership. After that, you would be charged $35 a year. However, as 2servU.net is starting to provide domain name registration
as well, you do not have to pay InterNIC's $70 any more. All you
have to pay is the registry fee charged by 2servU.net which is $5
per year lower than Network Solutions, Register.com, etc. You
will have full domain name service including online business card,
URL forwarding, email forwarding etc. all with competitive price.
How do I pay the InterNIC fee? You do not have to pay for InterNIC if you have us register your
domain name. We will charge you the domain name registry fee instead.
Our price is only $30 a year! Since we get a volume discount, we
can save you $5 / yr. Many of our Website
Packages include your Domain Name registry fee. How do I get an international domain? 2servU.net can host international domain names with two letter country extension codes, but we do not offer to register international domain names for you. Here is the process: The domain owner is responsible for registering their domain with the country's registry. Each country runs their registry differently, and therefore, we cannot expedite the registration process. Each country will also charge different amounts. The domain owner is reposible for making all payments to the registry. You will most likely need information regarding DNS servers. If you desire to host an international domain name through 3zWeb, we recommend that you first find the registry of the country and examine their application process. How can I transfer my domain name to a different web server? We can do that for you Free, but first you will need to sign up for one of our Web Hosting Plans. To transfer a domain name, you must go to your domain name registrar's website and update the domain name server (DNS) with our name servers. After you sign up with 2servU.net, we will send you the information you need to update DNS. Domain name registrar will not transfer a domain without authorization
from the owner. 2servU.net cannot authorize the transfer - only
the domain owner can. Why does my domain name still point to the site at my previous host? When the DNS name server information is changed for a domain name, there will be a period of time when someone trying to access the domain name may be sent to your old site or another site altogether. This period can last as little as a few days, or as long as a few weeks. This initial confusing period is associated with the time it takes for new nameserver entries to propagate to the entire Internet, and may vary depending on the location the user is trying to access your web site. This phenomena is due to what is known as "DNS caching". Every ISP (Internet Service Provider) and web hosting company operates a Domain Name Service. The DNS server translates the domain name into a numerical value that the computers on the Internet recognize. The DNS server saves, or caches, previous translations, so that later requests can be handled much more quickly (the name server reads the stored information and does not have to perform a translation/search each time the name is resolved). The cache of every DNS server is deleted periodically. The length of time between purges is different for everyone, though most hosts/ISP's clear DNS cache every seven to ten days (some more frequently, some less frequently). For example, let's say your ISP clears their DNS cache every Saturday.
If you transfer your domain name to 2servU.net on Wednesday, any
connection to your site through your ISP will be using the old DNS
information for a few more days, so connections to your new site
may fail during that time. On the other hand, people visiting your
site for the first time will likely get right through. DNS caching
is an unfortunate fact of life on the Internet and cannot be avoided.
To insure maximum "up time" for your site, you may consider keeping
the account at your previous host active for the first month you're
at 2servU.net. That way, no one trying to find you will be sent
to a nonexistent site.
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