Can I use my own DNS server? Will this violate TOS?

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  robbodoggo · Member · Mar 21, 2012 at 7:31 pm

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  Hello, I would like to map my current site at “weburban.com” to my current blog on wordpress at “weburbandotcom.wordpress.com” — however, I need to use “A name” records to map a subdomain to a totally different server (my e-commerce ISP) and your DNS cannot do this. I am wondering if I can use my own DNS service through Network Solutions to map to the IP address for my WordPress Blog without violating the TOS. I think the IP of my blog is: 72.233.2.58

  My main question is will this violate TOS? Is this possible? Thanks!
  Blog url: http://weburbandotcom.wordpress.com/

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Mar 21, 2012 at 7:59 pm

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  Hi there,

  It’s not possible to point your domain to a WordPress.com using an A record.

  You’ll need to change your name servers to:

  ns1.wordpress.com
  ns2.wordpress.com
  ns3.wordpress.com

  And follow this guide:
  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  We do offer a custom DNS editor, and you should be able to input an A or CNAME record in order to map a subdomain to a different host.

  http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/

  Don’t hesitate to contact us again if you need any help with this. :-)