Need some advice on DNS setup (123 Reg domain & GoDaddy hosting)

[ScarySquirrel]

Hi all,

I have an IP address that I need to point my domain name servers to.

GoDaddy say that I need to add an A record for this.

Now, do I add an A record for www only, to go to this IP address?

Or should I also be adding something else as well? Like a CNAME? How do I make sure if someone puts in www.mydomain.com and mydomain.com, it goes to the same place?

I'm not that great at this stuff, I just need to know how to point my domain at my hosting in the best way.

Thanks

EDIT: Would a * A record be a good idea to cover it all? Should I have that as well as a www A record, or instead of? Does this cause any SEO issues?

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Thanks guys

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Well, it is working but I'm worried that I haven't done what was suggested and that it may cause problems in the long run.

At the moment it is working if I put domain.com or www.domain.com into my broswer, this is what I have:

www A 111.111.11.111
* A 111.111.11.111

Not the real IP by the way.

How do I create a non-www A record? Is that the *?

Once I've done this, shall I change the www one to a CNAME?

Thanks


EDIT: I've cancelled with GoDaddy, it was slow as ****. Going to add the site to my current hosting package with South West Broadband, they should be able to help me out with the DNS stuff too