Nameserver configuration for IE

There are ten distinct nameservers that provide authoritative nameservice for the IE top-level domain. They all provide this service on a voluntary basis.

Do not use these nameservers on a registration or modification request for an IE domain name without the prior consent of the managers of the nameserver. These details are for information only and relate to the IE domain itself not any delegated domains under IE, such as "ucd.ie" for example.

The nameservers are in Ireland (4), mainland Europe (2) and North America (4). Geographic and network diversity helps to maintain name resolution service that is resilient to connectivity outages.

The nameservers are:


• banba.domainregistry.ie
• IPv4: 193.1.142.2

banba is the master authoritative nameserver for IE, often called the "primary". It is managed by the IE Domain Registry in Dublin.


• ns6.iedr.ie
• IPv4: 213.190.149.221
• IPv6: 2001:bb0:ccc3::2


ns6 is is managed by IEDR in Sandycove, Co. Dublin.


• ice.netsource.ie
• IPv4: 212.17.32.2

ice is managed by Netsource Ireland in Dublin.


• ns3.ns.esat.net
• IPv4: 192.111.39.100
• IPv6: 2001:7c8:2:a::64

ns3 is managed by BT Ireland in Dublin.


• ns.ripe.net
• IPv4: 193.0.0.193

Ripe NCC in Amsterdam, The Netherlands house ns.ripe.net.


• ns2.nic.fr
• IPv4: 192.93.0.4
• IPv6: 2001:660:3005:1::1:2


AFNIC in Le Chesnay Cedex, France manage ns2.nic.fr.


• uucp-gw-1.pa.dec.com
• IPv4: 204.123.2.18

Hosted by Compaq in the U.S.


• uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com
• IPv4: 204.123.2.19

Hosted by Compaq in the U.S.


• gns1.domainregistry.ie
• IPv4: 198.133.199.102

Hosted by UltraDNS Corp


• gns2.domainregistry.ie
• IPv4: 198.133.199.103

Hosted by UltraDNS Corp