I am trying to set up an "A" record in the DNS settings of my domain registrar. What is th

The domain registrar suggests putting in an A record for hosting my website on my server. It lists the procedure as the following:

The Address (A) record provides the name-to-address mapping for the zone. It contains an IP address in dotted decimal form. There must be at least one A record for each host address.

The name specified is the host name expressed as an FQDN (ns.example.com.). Note the trailing dot. The data is an IP address.

The presence of one or more A records indicates that the owner%26#039;s name is the name of a host.

Then I am suppose to put in my host name like this:

%26quot;hostname%26quot;.myurl.com

where as %26quot;hostname%26quot; is suppose to be a fqdn, correct?

Do I use the FQDN of my server for this? My server FQDN is %26quot;server-uzkaejdv. happyjack.com%26quot;.

My guess is happyjack.myurl.com, am I right or wrong?

I am using Windows 2003 Server.

I am trying to set up an %26quot;A%26quot; record in the DNS settings of my domain registrar. What is the FQDN I will use?

The FQDN would be:

whateveryoulike.happyjack.com.

As long as your registered domain name is happyjack.com, and the dotted decimal IP is the one for the server hosting the web page, and is an internet addressable IP, not an internal IP.

In most cases, you would have a server with an internal IP such as 192.168.254.88, and your internet addressable IP would be on your router or cable/DSL modem. The A record should point to the internet addressable IP, and your router should route the incoming for port 80 to your internal IP.