What is an A record?
An Address (A) record translates a human readable address like www.geocities.com into a numeric form like 209.1.224.11. Under the hood, these numbers are what the internet really uses to find computers. Every computer which can be located on the internet through a name is ultimately located by using an A Record to translate its name into an address (Possibly after first translating its name with a CNAME Record).
The A Record, also called the “address record”, is the most important part of the DNS record. It is used to link your domain to its corresponding IP Address. Back to top What is an MX Record? MX Records specify what server(s) on the Internet are responsible for handling e-mail sent to your domain. You can assign more than one server with priority rankings, so that you can still get mail if the primary server fails. Back to top Can I use a (.biz) or (.info) with WebsiteDirect? Yes. We cannot register these types of domain name through WebsiteDirect but you are welcome to register them with another domain name supplier and use them on your WebsiteDirect account. Back to top Can I use country specific domain names with WebsiteDirect, Ex: .ch, .au, and .se? Yes. We cannot register country specific domain names for you but you are welcome to register them with another domain name supplier and use them on your WebsiteDirect account.
All servers connected to the Internet are assigned a unique IP address. An A record associates a name to the server’s IP address. This allows people to utilize easy-to-remember domain names instead of hard-to-remember IP addresses to connect to a Web site. For example, you could type in 216.168.229.190 into your Web browser to get to the SRSplus Web site, or you could simply type in www.srsplus.com.
An “A” record, also called an “address” record, binds a domain name to an IP address(e.g. 194.168.163.55) . If there is a server on the Internet that is configured to handle traffic for this domain, you can enter the name of the domain (like “www.nominate.net”) and the IP address of the server (like “194.168.163.55”), and almost immediately, anyone surfing to that domain connects to the correct server.
