How Do I Update A Network Solutions A Record?

How Do I Update A Network Solutions A Record?

How to Update an A Record

  • Log in to Account Manger
  • Within Account Manager, use the drop down under My Domain Names to choose the domain you’d like to manage and click the Go button
  • In the green box, select Change Where Domain Points
  • Select Advanced DNS
  • Click the Continue button
  • If the domain name was not previously pointed to Network Solutions® nameservers (DNS) you will receive a page with messaging regarding this change. If you’d like to continue, click the Move Nameservers to Network Solutions® button
  • In the IP Address (A Records) section, click Edit A Records
  • Your current A records are listed in editable form, and any Network Solutions® service that is associated with the A record is listed below the Numeric IP text box
  • The first three hosts listed are the most common hosts used with domain names:
    • www : Points to the specified IP address when Internet users enter an address
    • @ (none) : Points to the specified IP address when a user enters just the domain name without anything before it
    • * (All Others) : Points any unassociated host for a domain name to the specified IP address, similar to a catch-all feature that could be used for any misspelled host names

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