DNS and IP

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    Goodmorning, I have registered through Register.it (since you gave no support to register .it address) the website name in object, bandamusicalepiveronese.it . then I bought the mapping of this site in order to link it to my wordpress site http://www.bandamusicalepiveronese.wordpress.com . now I have to change dsn in server configuration, but register tells me that I have to insert also IP address, NS1.WORDPRESS.COM etc are not enough for the configuration.
    which IP shouls I enter?
    thanks and regards

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    Good morning,
    According to the IP addresses support page, a WordPress.com staff member can provide a current list of IP addresses so I’ve tagged this thread for their attention.

  • Hi there,

    If your registrar requires that you create A records, please note that our IPs change over time. Because of this, your domain might stop working at some point in the future. If that happens, please get in touch with us to find out the most current IPs and then update your A records, accordingly.

    If you still want to map your domain using A records, please be sure to create two records using these IP addresses:

    192.0.78.25

    192.0.78.24

  • Unknown's avatar

    Dear Mr Kokkieh, IP you mentioned didn’t worked. below the failure answer. please provide correct settings for DSN and IP in order I can proceed to map my domain http://www.bandamusicalepiveronese.it
    thanks and regards. miriam

    Risultato verifica configurazione per bandamusicalepiveronese.it: FAILED

    <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=”yes”?>
    <dnsValidator:result xmlns:dnsValidator=”it.nic.dns.validator” version=”2.0″>
    <domain>bandamusicalepiveronese.it.</domain>
    <status>FAILED</status>
    <validationId>8feacf1f-7838-4106-8f6d-e947ddb8b121</validationId>
    <validationDate>2015-12-07T10:05:29.330+01:00</validationDate>
    <nameservers>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.”>
    <address type=”IPv4″>192.0.78.25</address>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.”>
    <address type=”IPv4″>192.0.78.24</address>
    </nameserver>
    </nameservers>
    <tests>
    <test name=”NameserversResolvableTest” status=”SUCCEEDED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”SUCCEEDED”/>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”SUCCEEDED”/>
    </test>
    <test name=”NameserversAnswerTest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”NameserverReturnCodeTest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”AATest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”NSCompareTest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”NSCountTest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”CNAMEHostTest” status=”WARNING”/>
    <test name=”IPCompareTest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”3″>Original Addresses: [IPAddress(address=/192.0.78.25, family=1)] – Resolved Addresses: [IPAddress(address=/198.181.116.9, family=1)]</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”4″>Original Addresses: [IPAddress(address=/192.0.78.24, family=1)] – Resolved Addresses: [IPAddress(address=/198.181.117.9, family=1)]</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”MXCompareTest” status=”FAILED”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”FAILED”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”MXRecordIsPresentTest” status=”WARNING”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”WARNING”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”WARNING”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”SOAMasterCompareTest” status=”WARNING”>
    <nameserver name=”ns1.wordpress.com.” status=”WARNING”>
    <detail queryId=”1″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    <nameserver name=”ns2.wordpress.com.” status=”WARNING”>
    <detail queryId=”2″>Nameserver test skipped for error in query: java.net.SocketTimeoutException</detail>
    </nameserver>
    </test>
    <test name=”IPSoaTest” skipped=”true”/>
    </tests>
    <queries>
    <query id=”1″>
    <queryFor>bandamusicalepiveronese.it.</queryFor>
    <type>ANY</type>
    <destination>ns1.wordpress.com./[IPAddress(address=/192.0.78.25, family=1)]</destination>
    <result>java.net.SocketTimeoutException</result>
    </query>
    <query id=”2″>
    <queryFor>bandamusicalepiveronese.it.</queryFor>
    <type>ANY</type>
    <destination>ns2.wordpress.com./[IPAddress(address=/192.0.78.24, family=1)]</destination>
    <result>java.net.SocketTimeoutException</result>
    </query>
    <query id=”3″>
    <queryFor>ns1.wordpress.com.</queryFor>
    <type>ANY</type>
    <destination>local resolver</destination>
    <result>;; – HEADER – opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58766
    ;; flags: qr rd ra ; qd: 1 an: 1 au: 4 ad: 3
    ;; QUESTIONS:
    ;; ns1.wordpress.com., type = ANY, class = IN

    ;; ANSWERS:
    ns1.wordpress.com. 2509 IN A 198.181.116.9

    ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns2.wordpress.com.
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns3.wordpress.com.
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns1.wordpress.com.
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns4.wordpress.com.

    ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
    ns2.wordpress.com. 8179 IN A 198.181.117.9
    ns3.wordpress.com. 2509 IN A 192.0.74.9
    ns4.wordpress.com. 81219 IN A 192.0.75.9

    ;; Message size: 167 bytes</result>
    </query>
    <query id=”4″>
    <queryFor>ns2.wordpress.com.</queryFor>
    <type>ANY</type>
    <destination>local resolver</destination>
    <result>;; – HEADER – opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13155
    ;; flags: qr rd ra ; qd: 1 an: 1 au: 4 ad: 3
    ;; QUESTIONS:
    ;; ns2.wordpress.com., type = ANY, class = IN

    ;; ANSWERS:
    ns2.wordpress.com. 8179 IN A 198.181.117.9

    ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns3.wordpress.com.
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns4.wordpress.com.
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns2.wordpress.com.
    wordpress.com. 81219 IN NS ns1.wordpress.com.

    ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
    ns1.wordpress.com. 2509 IN A 198.181.116.9
    ns3.wordpress.com. 2509 IN A 192.0.74.9
    ns4.wordpress.com. 81219 IN A 192.0.75.9

    ;; Message size: 167 bytes</result>
    </query>
    </queries>
    </dnsValidator:result>

  • Hi there,

    The only way to map a domain to a WordPress.com site is by setting your domain’s name servers to ns1.wordpress.com, ns2.wordpress.com and ns3.wordpress.com and/or setting two A-records with the IP addresses I provided to you. Those are the correct IP addresses and the only ones we are using at present.

    According to the WhoIs data for your domain neither your domain’s name servers nor A-records are currently pointing to us. The name servers are currently pointing to register.it.

    If your registrar won’t accept the IP addresses I’ve provided, then it is a problem on their side. In that case there is nothing that we’ll be able to do about it.

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