What Are Your DNS (or Nameservers)?
Nameservers are the address books of the Internet and a critical part of what makes DNS work. They determine which servers contain your email forwarding & routing information.
The DNS servers you should use will vary depending on which WHC services you have, and normally get communicated to you by email following your service activation. For your reference, our nameservers are listed below:
| Type | Nameservers | Services that use it |
|---|---|---|
| Parking | parking1.whc.ca parking2.whc.ca |
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| Standard |
ns1.whc.ca |
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| Premium (Anycast) | cloud1.whc.ca cloud2.whc.ca |
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| Reseller | ns1.web-dns1.com ns2.web-dns1.com ns3.web-dns1.com |
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| ManagedWP | ns1.wpdns.ca ns2.wpdns.ca |
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| Private | Custom, eg: ns1.cloud123.mywhc.ca ns2.cloud123.mywhc.ca |
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| LifeBoat |
ark1.whc.ca |
|
Notes
- Premium (Anycast) DNS should only be used if Anycast is enabled on your domain. Please verify with our support team if you are unsure.
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If your domain name is registered through WHC, you can change your domain's DNS from your Client Area. Otherwise, please contact your domain name provider for instructions on how to change its DNS.
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A domain name registered with WHC will require at least 2 nameservers and can have up to 4.
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An incorrect DNS change can cause your website and email to stop working, so proceed carefully!
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A DNS change can take up to 24 hours to propagate across all the networks of the Internet.
Article ID: #HC5086
