Updating Your DNS at NameCheap.com Print

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The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to repoint your DNS (Domain Name Servers) settings fromt namecheap.com to FatCat Servers

If your domain name is registered through namecheap.com, you will need to go to their site, and point your domain name to FatCat Servers DNS Servers

    Name Server 1: NS1.FATCATSERVERS.com
    Name Server 2: NS2.FATCATSERVERS.com
    Name Server 3: NS3.FATCATSERVERS.com

There are two more nameserver (NS) settings, and you must change all of them. Let's begin by going to the namecheap.com home page

  1. Enter your NameCheap.com Username and Password, and then click the "Login Now" link
  2. Click on the view link at the end of Number of domains in your account. This will show you a list of domains names in your account and you should click on the domain name you wish to manage Next you will click on the Domain Name Server Setup link at the left side of the page
  3. You can now see the current DNS settings, and these are the ones that need to be changed. Enter the 3 DNS settings from above in the boxes, and when you are done, scroll down. Click on Save Changes

A message will confirm that the servers were successfully updated. You may now click on the Log-out link in the right hand corner

The settings have been successfully updated, and your domain is now pointint to FatCat Servers

NOTE: Please remember while propagation usually takes place in a couple of hours, it can take as long as 48 hours for your domain name to fully propagate after you make these changes.


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