QDNS 2.2 question - changing ISP

Re: QDNS 2.2 question - changing ISP

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Thanks for the tips, they are going to be really useful. I haven't
done this in 3 years, so need to relearn the procedure.

What would you suggest as "ready to move" settings for the following in QDNS?

Refresh
Retry
Expire
Minimum

And also, what are recommended long-term settings once we have our
new provider all setup?

We have been gradually moving all of our domains to JumpDomain, so
only a few are left to still transfer from NetSol. There are 80+
domains served by our QDNS that will have to be changed at JumpDomain
or NetSol.

Regards,

Rick Osgood
Editor, CYBERDARTS "The Darts Zine" http://www.cyberdarts.com
E-mail: editor@cyberdarts.com

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>Hi Rick,
>
>I've done this one a few hundred times and every single time
>something jumps up that I didn't plan for - anyway, take everything
>I say with a grain, no a pound, of salt...
>
>OK, tips...
>
>Since your name server host record is going to change - not only
>your web sites but more importantly your email will be impacted.
>
>FIRST:
>
>Get an email address now from your new supplier - place ONE - either
>admin or tech on this new email address - do it now - your registrar
>may require an email confirmation - if you don't have the same IP's
>to respond from, then things get messy - in NetSol's case, the
>Guardian Object will not work and then you're at a fax and $250 for
>an expedite.
>
>NEXT:
>
>Your name server host is NS.ONLYGAMES.COM - register a 2nd DNS host
>with one of the new supplier's IP numbers.
>
>Then modify each domain now with the primary and (the new) secondary
>- if you new supplier is going to pull secondary like your old one
>did, then add his name server as the 1st secondary and your new one
>as 3rd secondary.
>
>It looks like your whois contact is rco@cyberdarts.com (Connections
>to NetSol are lousy right now, both my AT&T link and my Qworst link
>didn't get a response for cyberdarts.com...
>
>So, I'm guessing that you may have less than 10 domains to modify -
>I could only identify 7 - I'm not sure but my guess is that some at
>OpenSRS and some at NetSol - this may cause a little extra pain:
>
> FAVORITEGAMES.COM
> DOMINOCATALOG.COM
> TEXASDOMINO.COM
> DARTSNGAMES.NET
> CYBERDART.COM
> ONLYGAMES.COM
> DARTBOARD.COM
>
>BTW: Your TTL is still too high - bring them all down to 300.
>
>Last, you might want to have your new supplier send you confirmation
>of their SWIP to ARIN - you need to know this is done.
>
>OK Rick, your now a little better prepared to do the change -
>there's still a rock or two in the road but you will survive.
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Michael

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