domain name doesn''t resolve

Re: domain name doesn''t resolve

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On 03/21/00 at 17:50, JWBaumann@aol.com wrote:

> Newbie to the list and QuickDNS.
>
> A client's domain (hartinger.org) now appears to have correct
> information in the Network Solutions database, with the primary name
> server of ns1.linkedresources.com / IP addr of 209.240.86.8. QuickDNS
> Pro is running nicely on an iMac at that IP address. If I specify
> 209.240.86.8 in my TCP/IP control panel and attempt to resolve the
> domain name, it resolves correctly.
>
> However, if I specify an unrelated name server in the TCP/IP control panel,
> "hartinger.org" does not resolve. In other words, NetSol points to a working
> QuickDNS Pro server, yet the domain name will not resolve. The message
> returned with Anarchie is "No data available for reading (OTNoDataErr)".

There is some disagreement among the name servers for hartinger.org.

According to the Network Solutions Whois database:

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.LINKEDRESOURCES.COM 209.240.86.8
NS1.GOLDENGATE.NET 209.240.77.77

>From a.root-servers.net:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hartinger.org. 2D IN NS NS1.GOLDENGATE.NET.
hartinger.org. 2D IN NS NS1.LINKEDRESOURCES.COM.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hartinger.org. 2D IN NS NS1.GOLDENGATE.NET.
hartinger.org. 2D IN NS NS1.LINKEDRESOURCES.COM.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS1.GOLDENGATE.NET. 2D IN A 209.240.77.77
NS1.LINKEDRESOURCES.COM. 2D IN A 209.240.86.8

>From ns1.goldengate.net:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hartinger.org. 21h22m24s IN NS FOREGO.PCLINK.COM.
hartinger.org. 21h22m24s IN NS KELSO.PCLINK.COM.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hartinger.org. 21h22m24s IN NS FOREGO.PCLINK.COM.
hartinger.org. 21h22m24s IN NS KELSO.PCLINK.COM.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
FOREGO.PCLINK.COM. 1d21h44m12s IN A 204.72.134.11
KELSO.PCLINK.COM. 1d21h44m12s IN A 204.72.134.10

That obviously ain't right. Neither of the pclink.com servers knows anything
about hartinger.org. Also, ns1.goldengate.net does not have any A records for
either ns1.linkedresources.com. or hartinger.org. The lack of an A record for
ns1.linkedresources.com. is undoubtedly part of your problem. It means that no
one outside of your network can find your name server, which appears to be the
only server that has any information on the hartinger.org. zone.

It appears that ns1.goldengate.net does not actually have any authoritative
data for the hartinger.org. zone (either as a primary or secondary name
server). That's supported by the fact that ns1.goldengate.net doesn't have a
SOA record for hartinger.org. Since ns1.goldengate.net is listed by the root
servers as a name server for the zone, it is important for it to actually have
a zone file for it. I'd think that your first order of business should be to
make sure that the admin of ns1.goldengate.net knows that he's supposed to be
doing secondary name service for hartinger.org. and can get a zone transfer
for it.

> Possible source of the problem: I have not actually defined
> ns1.linkedresources.com in the domain record, since my ISP still does
> DNS for that domain.

If your ISP (goldengate.net?) is handling DNS for linkedresources.com. and
your server is not listed as a name server for the zone, there's no reason you
would need any records for it on your server. You might want to verify that
the ISP's information is correct, however. In particular, they don't have an A
record for ns1.linkedresources.com.

It sounds like you need to have a conversation with your ISP to make sure that
you and they agree on the state of your DNS for both linkedresources.com. and
hartinger.org.

> Is it necessary for my DNS server to identify itself as
> ns1.linkedresources.com?

No. It doesn't matter what the server thinks its name is, as long as other
name servers can find it through NS and A records, following down from the
root servers.

> I assumed that the IP address alone would be sufficient.

As far as what you give Network Solutions, they ask for both the IP address
and domain name of each name server listed for a domain. In fact, both the
Whois database and the root servers have both IPs and domain names for the
hartinger.org name servers. You would not have been able to register the
domain with NSI without giving both.

I hope this helps.

Christopher Bort

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