DNS provider guide
Network Solutions: add the client portal records
How to publish the two DNS records for your client portal address at Network Solutions. Each record below is written the way Network Solutions asks for it.
Before you start
Name servers at Network Solutions usually look like ns1.worldnic.com. If yours look different, your DNS is run elsewhere: see how to find your DNS host in the full guide.
- The Advanced DNS section works only while the domain uses the Network Solutions name servers.
- In Refers to, choose Other Host. The Host Name field then appears.
Where Network Solutions shows the name servers
Domains, your domain, Advanced Tools, Manage next to Nameservers (DNS).
Fill in your own values
Enter the address you added in Atlas, and paste the TXT value Atlas shows for it. Every record on this page and on the provider guides then shows your exact values. What you enter stays in this browser.
For example portal.yourfirm.com, without https:// in front of it.
Copy it from the card of your address in Atlas. It starts with atlas-portal-verification=
Your domain is read as yourfirm.com. If your DNS provider shows a different domain at the end of the name field, enter only the part of the name before that domain.
Open the DNS editor
Sign in at Network Solutions, then follow this path:
Add the TXT record
Choose + Add Record.
In Type, choose TXT.
In Host Name, enter the name shown in the record below.
In TXT Value, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Keep the default of 7200 (2 hours).
Choose Add to save the record.
TXT record
Proves that your firm controls this address.
- Type
TXT- Host Name
_atlas-portal.portalFull name: _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
- TXT Value
Copy this value from the Atlas screen, or paste it above to see it here. It is unique to your firm.
- TTL
Keep the default of 7200 (2 hours).
Add the CNAME record
Choose + Add Record.
In Type, choose CNAME.
In Host Name, enter the name shown in the record below.
In Alias to (hostname), enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Keep the default of 7200 (2 hours).
Choose Add to save the record.
- Network Solutions allows CNAME records only for third level names such as portal.yourfirm.com, which is what the portal needs.
CNAME record
Sends visitors of this address to your client portal.
- Type
CNAME- Host Name
portalFull name: portal.yourfirm.com
- Alias to (hostname)
portal.wrxstack.com- TTL
Keep the default of 7200 (2 hours).
How Network Solutions names the fields
| Atlas shows | TXT record | CNAME record |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Type | Type |
| Record name | Host Name | Host Name |
| Record value | TXT Value | Alias to (hostname) |
| Name form | The part before your domain | |
Check that it worked
Go back to Atlas and choose Check now on the card of your address, or ask DNS yourself:
dig +short TXT _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
dig +short CNAME portal.yourfirm.com
nslookup -type=TXT _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
nslookup -type=CNAME portal.yourfirm.comNetwork Solutions says advanced DNS updates can take up to 2 hours.
Official help from Network Solutions
The help articles Network Solutions publishes on these steps. If the screens at Network Solutions have changed, follow them.
What this guide could not confirm
The help pages of Network Solutions do not state the following. Where a label is missing above, look for the field described here.
- The label of the TXT value field may differ on screen.
- Whether the domain is added to Host Name for you is not stated. The examples use short names such as mail.
Other providers
The notes about Network Solutions are in English, because they quote the labels Network Solutions shows on its screens. Back to the full guide