How do I change my DNS nameservers WITHOUT contacting my host?

Question

I am hosted with Technic Hosting - they suck. They aparently did an upgrade 6 days ago, and all hosted sites, as well as their own, have been offline since.

I can't run my company under these conditions and so I changed to fasthosts as my host. However, i need to change my DNS nameservers and my host has seemed to have disappeared after a couple of us in senior management decided to have a little chat with him, which didn't end well.

Is it possible to change the nameservers myself? If so, how?

Answer 1

Hi



I think you need to get the control of your domain first. Your hosting company would have taken a reseller account with registrar and maintain your domain in bulk. So what you need to do is, do a whois search and find the registrar. You can do the whois search at www.allwhois.com or www.dnsstuff.com. Here you can find the registrar name and site. Then go to the registrar site and contact them. To contact them and do some changes to domain name you should be the owner of domain. This you can check while doing whois search. If the registrars is taking time to respond and your the domain owner according to the whois database you could intiate a domain transfer thru which you can gain control of the domain name. But this will take 5 days as its a automated process. Try emailing www.netandhost.com so that they can assist you with domain transfer. Email them with the domain name to avoid delays. If your not the owner of the domain name as per whois details then only your old hosting company can help you instantly.

Answer 2

UNfortunately you will need to have your A record (top end DNS name) exported to your new provider. I would suggest contacting your new provider and see if they have an automated process to do so. A quick way to tell where you A record is would be to use Solarwinds DNS analyzer. I believe they have a 30 day trial and gives you a very good idea where your record is located. Some smaller ISP's use a higher end DNS service (like UUNet) and you may be able to contact them directly. TX

Answer 3

If you manage your own domain name you can direct your name anywhere you want



If you change host and point name to it you could be back on 12 to 48 hours..



If you purchased domain thru host you will have to deal with them to some degree

Answer 4

no it's not possible,if u want, u could cancel ur internet service with them and order a new one on another ISP who would be able to provide u the service u deserve...i am with SBC, not perfect but whenever i need help, they have a 24/7 tech support for free...