moved server, DNS problems

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The reverse zone (the classless subnet reverse zone delegation) isn't
affecting this at all. It's an unrelated issue.

I currently can't get a normal query response from your server. Of
course, ns.onlygames.com isn't responding at all, as you said, but
ns2.onlygames.com is also refusing connections. The only response I
get is from ns.usiultrasonic.com.

That server has the following to say regarding the two zones you've
mentioned, cyberdarts.com and onlygames.com:

cyberdarts.com. NS ns.usiultrasonic.com.
cyberdarts.com. NS ns.onlygames.com.
cyberdarts.com. NS ns2.onlygames.com.
cyberdarts.com. NS ns2.nstci.com.

onlygames.com. NS ns.onlygames.com.
onlygames.com. NS ns.usiultrasonic.com.
onlygames.com. NS ns2.onlygames.com.
onlygames.com. NS ns2.nstci.com.

Notice the last NS record in each case. So while this server isn't
listed in the delegation records, it is listed in the authority
records being given out by the only server listed in the delegation
that responds. On the other hand, ns2.nstci.com no longer responds
authoritatively for your domains either, so that shouldn't be a
problem (for these two domains, anyway).

So at the moment, you're operating on one server, and that server has
stale data. There's obviously some problem preventing connections
from my workstation to your server (ns2.onlygames.com) - does your
server have more than one IP address? Is it behind a
possibly-misbehaving NAT server? Here's what I'm seeing:

% dig @ns2.onlygames.com onlygames.com ANY

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns2.onlygames.com onlygames.com ANY
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server ns2.onlygames.com 65.85.152.126: Connection refused

If you can isolate and fix the cause of this, your slave server will
no doubt update itself within a few minutes (based on the Refresh
value it currently has in each zone).
____________________________________________________________________
Chris Buxton Men & Mice
support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy

At 1:27 AM -0600 3/13/02, Rick Osgood wrote:
>Thanks for checking this for me.
>
>However, those numbers and data do not match the data that actually
>resides in QDNS at NS2.ONLYGAMES.COM. I don't know where that info
>actually came from, but it did not come from the files at that name
>server. I've been over those files at least a dozen times today,
>and none of the records now contain "63.143.168.162" or the old
>secondary data "ns2.nstci.com".
>
>Also, the additional secondary DNS server at "ns.onlygames.com" was
>taken of line this afternoon, and it was removed from all records at
>NS2.ONLYGAMES.COM.
>
>The remote secondary DNS at "ns.usiultrasonic.com" is certainly
>out-of sync, as it has not been able to reach the primary name
>server. Reaching the actual name server, and not getting obsolete
>cached data from NSTCI, seems to be a major part of the problem.
>
>Over the last few hours, hits are way up, so maybe the classless
>delegation files setup at DSL.NET are doing some good.
>
>Rick Osgood
> Editor, CYBER/DARTS "The Darts Zine"
> http://www.cyberdarts.com
> E-mail: editor@cyberdarts.com
>
>
>>Try using "DNS Expert" from Mice & Men.
>>
>>DNS Expert 1.6 - DNS analysis and problem solving tool for ISPs and
>>enterprises
>>http://versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=1272&db=mac
>>
>>I checked your nameserver NS2.ONLYGAMES.COM
>>
>>> Query: cyberdarts.com. Query type: Any record
>>> Recursive query: Yes Authoritative answer: Yes
>>> Query time: 331 ms. Server name: NS2.ONLYGAMES.COM
>>>
>>> Answer:
>>> cyberdarts.com. 3000 SOA ns.onlygames.com.
>>> rco.cyberdarts.com.
>>> 2001072301 ; serial
>>> 20000 ; refresh (5 hours, 33 minutes, 20 seconds)
>>> 20000 ; retry (5 hours, 33 minutes, 20 seconds)
>>> 604800 ; expire (7 days)
>>> 2000 ; minimum (33 minutes, 20 seconds)
>>> cyberdarts.com. 2000 NS ns.usiultrasonic.com.
>>> cyberdarts.com. 2000 NS ns.onlygames.com.
>> > cyberdarts.com. 2000 NS ns2.nstci.com.
>> > cyberdarts.com. 2000 A 63.143.168.162
>>> cyberdarts.com. 2000 MX 10 mail.onlygames.com.
>>>
>>> Additional:
>>> ns.usiultrasonic.com. 2000 A 206.126.48.50
>>> ns.onlygames.com. 500 A 63.143.168.162
>> > mail.onlygames.com. 500 A 65.85.152.119
>
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