Network Solutions CNAME and A record setup

These are the steps DoDomain's hosted connect flow shows a customer whose domain is managed at Network Solutions, in Network Solutions' own vocabulary. A product using DoDomain never writes them: the connect flow detects the provider, shows these steps beside the exact records to create, and verifies each record against the zone's authoritative nameservers. They are published here for your own support articles, and for anyone who wants to see the steps before they start.

Related definitions: CNAME record, A record, apex domain.

Where the records live

Sign in to Network Solutions and open the DNS management area for the domain.

How to add a CNAME or A record in Network Solutions

1. Log in to Network Solutions → Domains → select your domain and click Manage.
2. Open the DNS tab and click +Add Record.
3. Pick the record type and complete the fields as below, leaving the TTL as it is.
4. Click Add, then come back and click Verify.

What to put in the Network Solutions host field

Pick @, www or Other Host in Refers to; the target goes in Points to for A, Alias to for a CNAME and TXT Value for a TXT record. For a record on the domain itself, enter @.

Whatever the panel calls the field — Name, Host, Hostname — DoDomain's connect flow shows the value to paste into it already in this provider's format, and shows the fully-qualified name it will verify next to it.

Worth knowing

• Network Solutions says CNAME records can only be created for third-level domains; a CNAME on the root domain can conflict with other records and disrupt email or website services, and it suggests Web Forwarding for that case.
• The default TTL is 7200 seconds (2 hours) for every record type.
• Network Solutions says Advanced DNS updates may take up to two hours to propagate.
• The classic Advanced DNS view has no option for CAA records.

Common questions

Where do I add DNS records at Network Solutions?

Sign in to Network Solutions and open the DNS management area for the domain.

What goes in the host field at Network Solutions?

Pick @, www or Other Host in Refers to; the target goes in Points to for A, Alias to for a CNAME and TXT Value for a TXT record. For a record on the domain itself, enter @.

How do I check that a record at Network Solutions is live?

Look the name up with the free DNS lookup, which shows the authoritative answer next to what public resolvers return. DoDomain verifies against the authoritative nameservers, so a record can be correct there while resolvers still serve the old answer until its TTL expires.

Check the record is live

A saved record is not yet a live record. DoDomain verifies against the zone's authoritative nameservers, which answer as soon as the provider publishes the change; public resolvers can lag behind for as long as the old answer's TTL. The free DNS lookup shows both answers side by side for any name, and the provider detector tells you which provider serves a domain and whether a one-click path exists for it.

If you are the product asking for this record

You do not have to send customers here. Mint a connect session and the hosted flow shows these steps to your Network Solutions customers on its own, then verifies and keeps monitoring the records — see the connect flow and the framework guides for Next.js, Rails, Laravel and Django. A customer who wants their bare domain rather than a subdomain is the apex question, which no provider panel solves on its own.

Vocabulary checked against Network Solutions' own help page on 2026-10-22: https://www.networksolutions.com/help/article/manage-dns-adns-records.