want to re-direct http requests

[Eric]

I want to redirect http request to http://hmstn.com to
http://www.hmstn.com, i tried adding a blank cname to the
www a host record but this did not resolve it like I
thought it would.

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In Eric <[email protected]> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
: I want to redirect http request to http://hmstn.com to
: http://www.hmstn.com, i tried adding a blank cname to the
: www a host record but this did not resolve it like I
: thought it would.

Create a Blank host pointing to the same IP as the www host. I usually don't
recommend CNAMEs unless you fully understand how CNAMEs work.

 

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

E> I want to redirect http request to http://hmstn.com to
E> http://www.hmstn.com,

Then you want something that is impossible with DNS service and are
using the wrong tool for the job.

Making "www.hmstn.com." into a client-side alias for "hmstn.com.", the
opposite to what you want, is possible, but note that it affects more
than just HTTP and it is also not, strictly, a redirection, which is
what you say that you want. Similarly: You can always make the two
domain names to be server-side aliases, but again this affects more
than just HTTP and is not a redirection.

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Redirection is an HTTP service matter, not a DNS service matter.
You are in the wrong newsgroup. If redirections are what you want,
configure your content HTTP server to publish HTTP redirections.