Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by k3oni on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:02PM (#7098852)

Would as well recommend Namecheap.com, really professional.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by arn on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:13PM (#7098925)

I liked Namecheap, but have had major issues with their DNS service. you can't switch off of them without downtime. So don't use their dns, otherwise you are locked in. which is kinda shitty.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:47PM (#7099164)

> I liked Namecheap, but have had major issues with their DNS service. you can't switch off of them without downtime.

That doesn't make any sense. As long as you set up the proper records in your new DNS provider prior to switching nameservers, there'll be no interruption.

It sounds like you switched nameservers first, assuming the records would just transfer over?

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by arn on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:56PM (#7099206)

Namecheap controls both the domain name settings and the dns (if you use theirs). The moment you switch the nameservers for the domain, they immediately purge the records from their DNS.

So, when you point to new nameservers, anyone pointing to namecheap's dns during propagation will get SERVFAIL.

It sounds absurd... but I've gone back and forth with support about it, with no solution.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by yid on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @09:11PM (#7100251)

Interesting tip. I'm taking away the fact that I should transfer the nameservers away immediately after buying/transferring a domain (for Cloudfront, I presume?). Other than that, and ColdFusion hacks aside, my experience with them has also been fantastic.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @10:06PM (#7100441)

Ah, that makes more sense. Haven't used their DNS - do they let you drop the TTL, at least?

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by mark212 on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @06:05PM (#7099260)

haven't had any of those problems with Hover's DNS service, which is surprisingly full-featured for an self-styled minimalist service.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by blueskin_ on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:00AM (#7103371)

+1 for Namecheap, although I don't use their own DNS.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by joshkehn on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:17PM (#7098949)

gandi.net is great

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by rom16384 on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @06:21PM (#7099386)

Seconded. They are a bit more expensive, but to me it's worth it. On the negative side their control panel is subpar, but there are tutorials to side-step that.

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by xenophonf on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @06:54PM (#7099553)

I'll jump on the Gandi bandwagon. Great customer service, communications when things go down, support for IPv6 and DNSSEC, an easy-to-understand API, reasonable prices. I am really happy with them. Just transferred the last of my domains from GoDaddy last month, and I'll be off Dotster before the end of this month. (I left Network Solutions a long time ago, and good riddance.)

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Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 by adders on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @06:12PM (#7099317)

i highly recommend gandi to everyone. Very good service, probably the best Europe based registration companies around.

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