Applies to: All plans
DNS at Maxinodes is managed by us, on our own nameservers. When you order a hosting service, we automatically create a DNS zone for your domain, and you edit its records from your client area at my.maxinodes.com — not in cPanel. This article explains the moving parts so you know where each setting lives.
The two things that make DNS work
DNS has two layers, and it helps to keep them separate.
| Layer | What it does | Where you set it |
|---|---|---|
| Nameservers | Tell the internet who is in charge of your domain's DNS | At your registrar (whoever you bought the domain from) |
| DNS records | The actual entries (A, CNAME, MX, TXT, etc.) that point your domain at servers and services | In your client area DNS manager |
Point your nameservers at Maxinodes once. After that, all day-to-day changes happen in the records, which you manage in the client area.
Your nameservers
To use Maxinodes hosting and DNS, set your domain to use these two nameservers at your registrar:
ns1.maxinodes.comns2.maxinodes.com
These are the current, live nameservers for every Maxinodes-hosted domain.
For step-by-step instructions, see How to point your domain to Maxinodes (set your nameservers).
What "managed by us" means for you
Our nameservers run on a global anycast DNS network (provided by Bunny.net), so your records resolve quickly and reliably worldwide. In practice:
- A zone is created automatically for your domain the moment your hosting service is set up — you do not have to build it.
- You manage records in the client area, not the cPanel zone editor. The cPanel DNS/zone tools do not control your live DNS on our platform.
- Your zone already contains the basic records that point your website at our hosting node.
To add or change records, see How to manage DNS records in your client area.
Records that point at our server
Your website lives on our hosting node, which is dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6):
| Record type | Points to | Created automatically? |
|---|---|---|
A (your domain, www, cpanel, ftp) |
185.185.49.198 |
Yes |
AAAA (your domain, www, cpanel, ftp) |
2a00:7c80:0:286:c::10 |
Yes |
Customer websites are served over both IPv4 and IPv6 (dual-stack). When your domain uses our nameservers, the zone we create contains both the A and the AAAA records for your domain, www, cpanel and ftp — you do not have to add anything. AutoSSL (Let's Encrypt) covers both addresses.
If you keep DNS at another provider, add the records there yourself: an A record to 185.185.49.198, and an AAAA record to 2a00:7c80:0:286:c::10 so IPv6 visitors reach you too.
Records for email
Email is not hosted on our cPanel server — there is no cPanel webmail. We resell Professional Email on Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, so your mail records point at those services, not at 185.185.49.198.
Your email needs records such as MX, SPF, DKIM and (optionally) DMARC. The exact values are unique to your tenant and come from the Microsoft 365 admin centre or the Google Workspace setup wizard — you then add them in the client area DNS manager. On Managed plans, we configure SPF/DKIM/DMARC for you.
See The DNS records your email needs (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC).
Quick reference
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who manages my DNS? | Maxinodes, on our own nameservers |
| Where do I edit records? | Your client area at my.maxinodes.com |
| What are the nameservers? |
ns1.maxinodes.com and ns2.maxinodes.com
|
| What IP does my site use? |
185.185.49.198 (IPv4) and 2a00:7c80:0:286:c::10 (IPv6) |
| Where do email records come from? | Your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace admin console |
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