At IUB or IUPUI, whom do I contact to change a domain Name Services (DNS) entry?

To change the name of a workstation registered to an IP address at Indiana University Bloomington, the administrator or primary user of the computer should send an email message to:

• IUB:  dns-admin@indiana.edu 
• IUPUI:  dns-admin@iupui.edu 

It is essential that your department's computing support provider know about your change, so that there's no confusion about the names and IP addresses of computers in your department. Ideally, this person will be able to take care of the whole thing for you.

Note: New or changed DNS entries for any iu.edu domain, or for any other designer domain with the top-level domain .org, .net, or .info, require approval from the University Information Policy Office. For more information, see At IU, what are the DNS policies?

In the email message, clearly specify what you would like the new DNS name entry for the IP address to be, as the consultants cannot choose a name for you. You will also need to provide the following information when adding a new entry or changing an existing entry:

• Your computer's IP address: If you don't know your IP address, see How do I determine my computer's IP address? You may also contact your department's computing support provider or local support provider (LSP), or the UITS Support Center.
  
  
• Your computer's name: This name may consist of letters, numbers, or the hyphen ( - ) symbol. No other characters are allowed, and no uppercase letters are permitted.
  
  
• The administrative contact or primary user of that computer: Provide the full name and IU Network ID username or email address.

  Note: If your computer uses Windows as its operating system and you want it to be registered to the ADS domain, state this in your message.

Requests are processed Monday-Friday until 4pm. Updates to the name server data take effect every hour on the hour.

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