dns resolutions -- again

Norberto Meijome freebsd at meijome.net
Wed Sep 7 19:08:18 PDT 2005


Jerod Prothe wrote:
> Hello all,
hey there

>   I contacted this list a few weeks ago (got good responses - thanks) 
> but now it seems that other domains are still not getting refreshed.

What evidence have you got to support this assumption?

> I set my zone file refresh at 20m.  Why is it that our domain 
> (usd217.org) gets recognized by other domains (example: acck.edu) but 
> not by my isp (pld.com).  I called them to ask for them to clear their 
> cache but they seem unwilling and not responsive. 

if I were you, I'd document the problem really well, make doubly 
(triple) sure it IS their problem, get a ticket # with all the 
informatin from the ISP, and then keep calling them until you are on 
first name basis with each person in the call centre...and keep 
escalating till you talk to someone who realises that their spending 
time on the phone with you is mor expensive than fixing the problem.

>  The old server (otto) 
> should not be getting asked to handle mail, but unfortunately, others' 
> records seem to indicate that.  How can I get this changed throughout 
> the internet?

whois usd217.org shows your NS are:
Name Server:GALLEY.USD217.ORG
Name Server:OTTO.USD217.ORG

otto doesn't seem to answer any NS queries :
---
$ nslookup.exe - otto.usd217.org
*** Can't find server name for address 209.42.72.250: Timed out
DNS request timed out.
     timeout was 2 seconds.
Default Server:  UnKnown
Address:  209.42.72.250

 > usd217.org
*** UnKnown can't find usd217.org: No response from server
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  209.42.72.250

DNS request timed out.
     timeout was 2 seconds.
 > set timeout=20
 > set type=mx
 > usd217.org
*** UnKnown can't find usd217.org: No response from server
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  209.42.72.250

DNS request timed out.
     timeout was 20 seconds.
 >
----
a) is it supposed to?
b) if not, why have it as secondary NS at all?

galley seems ok:
--
$ nslookup.exe - galley.usd217.org
Default Server:  galley.usd217.org
Address:  209.42.72.2

 > set type=mx
 > usd217.org
Server:  galley.usd217.org
Address:  209.42.72.2

DNS request timed out.
     timeout was 2 seconds.
usd217.org      MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = galley.usd217.org
usd217.org      nameserver = ns.usd217.org
galley.usd217.org       internet address = 209.42.72.2
ns.usd217.org   internet address = 209.42.72.2
 >
---


now, to your ISP. I'm assuming they provide NS services to their clients 
using ns1.pld.com and ns2.pld.com

$ nslookup.exe - ns1.pld.com
Default Server:  ns1.pld.com
Address:  206.253.33.130

 > set type=mx
 > usd217.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Server:  ns1.pld.com
Address:  206.253.33.130

usd217.org      MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = galley.usd217.org

usd217.org      nameserver = ns.usd217.org
galley.usd217.org       internet address = 209.42.72.2
ns.usd217.org   internet address = 209.42.72.2
 > set type=ns
 > usd217.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Server:  ns1.pld.com
Address:  206.253.33.130

usd217.org      nameserver = ns.usd217.org

ns.usd217.org   internet address = 209.42.72.2
----

$ nslookup.exe - ns2.pld.com
Default Server:  ns2.pld.com
Address:  206.253.33.131

 > set type=mx
 > usd217.org
Server:  ns2.pld.com
Address:  206.253.33.131

usd217.org      MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = galley.usd217.org
usd217.org      nameserver = ns.usd217.org
galley.usd217.org       internet address = 209.42.72.2
ns.usd217.org   internet address = 209.42.72.2
 > set type=any
 > otto.usd217.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Server:  ns2.pld.com
Address:  206.253.33.131

otto.usd217.org internet address = 209.42.72.251

usd217.org      nameserver = ns.usd217.org
ns.usd217.org   internet address = 209.42.72.2
----

they seem to have the right information. now, IIRC, otto is doing 
nothing right? why don't you just give otto's IP to galley and see if 
that solves the problem? Otherwise, you may be having other problems at 
hand.

Beto


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