HowTo Use NameCheap.com
Manage Free DNS for domains not registered with namecheap, but already using namecheap freedns
A. Locate FreeDNS for Hosted Domains Management Interface
1. Locate "My Account" which is part of the blue graphic menu at the top reading Domains, Email [...] My Account. It is a drop down menu.
2. In the "My Account" drop down menu choose "Manage Domains".
3. Locate the lavender colored vertical menu on the left of the page with the headings: Domain Names, FreeDNS, Transfers, WhoisGuard, Others.
4. Choose "Hosted Domains" under the FreeDNS heading. You will now see domains not registered with namecheap, but having dns using namecheap.
B. Set up a domain name a and cname.
1. For hostname @ enter the IP address, Choose "A (Address)" and a TTL of 3600 2. For www - note, we are forced to use an A record for www on namecheap. Do not attempt to set up www as a cname, even though it would be more correct according to rfc. enter an IP address , Choose "A (Address)" and a TTL of 3600 3. You may enter any host A record, such as "virtualhost" , Choose "A (Address)" and a TTL of 3600 4. You may set up any alias cname records, such as FTP
C. Set up domain email.
1. click the radio button "User Simplified (One Mail Server IP Address Required) " 2. click blue "save changes" button and wait for page to reload, showing new fields. 3. enter the IP for scorpion.robotz.com which is 206.222.205.90 and MX REF "0" and TTL "3600" 4. click blue "save changes" button
Manage DNS for domains registered with namecheap
1. Locate "My Account" which is part of the blue graphic menu at the top reading Domains, Email [...] My Account. It is a drop down menu.
2. In the "My Account" drop down menu choose "Manage Domains".
3. In the middle main area choose your domain by clicking on the domain name.
4. Locate the lavender colored vertical menu on the left of the page with the headings: General, Email Management, Host Management, Advanced Options, and Miscellaneous.
5. Choose "All Host Records" under Host Management heading.
Transfer DNS of domain registered elsewhere to NameCheap FreeDNS
1. From the namecheap homepage there is a blue menubar across the top of the screen which has the following options: Domains, Email, Web Hosting, SSL Certificates, Products, Marketplace, More... , and My Account. Choose PRODUCTS.
2. From under the PRODUCTS menu choose FreeDNS
3. Enter the domain name you wish to have NameCheap Free DNS services on. example: foobar.com
4. Click the GET DNS button
5. Make sure you see a message indicating availability, example: [x] foobar.com can be added to our system
6. Click the blue button that says "Add DNS Service for Selected Domains >>>"
7. At your current registrar, point your host to the nameservers:
freedns1.registrar-servers.com freedns2.registrar-servers.com freedns3.registrar-servers.com freedns4.registrar-servers.com freedns5.registrar-servers.com
