A Records

Address (A) records direct a hostname to a numerical IP address.  For example, if you want mypc.yourdomain.com to point to your home computer (which is, for example, 192.168.0.7), you would enter a record that looks like:



Important:  You must put a period after the hostname.  Do not put periods after IP addresses.
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