If you are assigning a domain to your Pressable account and want to know how to update your Namecheap DNS records accordingly, we share instructions below.
How to point Namecheap DNS records to Pressable
Category: FAQ | Last modified: November 18, 2021
Pointing Namecheap Nameservers to Pressable
Log into your Namecheap account and press the “Manage” button to the right of the domain.
Under the “Domain” tab, find the section on nameservers and select “Custom DNS”.
Enter the Pressable nameservers:
ns1.openhostingservice.com ns2.openhostingservice.com ns3.openhostingservice.com ns4.openhostingservice.com ns5.openhostingservice.com
Read Namecheap’s article on how to update nameservers here:
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-can-i-change-the-nameservers-for-my-domain3
Note: that if you already have email hosting for your domain, we recommend getting in touch with us prior to changing the name servers to minimize/prevent any email downtime.
Pointing Namecheap A Records to Pressable
Log into your Namecheap account and press the “Manage” button to the right of the domain.
Navigate to the Advanced DNS tab.
You will want to make sure that you have two A Records for @, each pointing to one of the Pressable IP addresses. Then you will need a CNAME Record created for www, that is pointing to your domain name.
When finished your records will look similar to the following:
Read Namecheap’s article on how to update A records here:
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/319/2237/how-can-i-set-up-an-a-address-record-for-my-domain/