Search Again: Switching ISPs From: Simon Wright Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 Time: 7:40:32 am I'm a bit puzzled... We are obliged to switch ISPs since our old one (interpath) decided they don't want to be in the business. My connection shuts down next Monday. I have a replacement and the connection is active. Of course, this means that I have to switch all my IP numbers. We have a number of domains that reside here and they are all rooted on knowledgesharing.com by which I mean that their name server entries at our domain registrars all refer to "dns1.knowledgesharing.com". The knowledgesharing.com domain also has name server entry of "dns1.knowledgesharing.com". To ease the transition I have set a number of our key systems to use multi-homing: they have two IP numbers - their original one and one from my new block of numbers. I have also done this on our name server. IP 199.72.165.253 and 152.14.10.253 belong to our one name server. I have also updated my name server so that "dns1.knowledgesharing.com" has an A record pointing to 152.14.10.253 (it's new number). I have also added a brand new, never before seen, NS and A record for "dns.knowledgesharing.com" that also points to 152.14.10.253 in an effort to stimulate updates. What I don't understand is why the registrars that we use (jumpdomain and netsol) know of my name server by its hostname. Surely, at some point on the internet, my name server must be known by its IP address? In their name server configuration areas, netsol only show the hostname while jumpdomain show both the hostname and the old IP address although only the hostname is changeable. How would one move a name server to a completely new IP address if that name server is known by its hostname? Your thoughts are appreciated. Simon -- > Simon J Wright - Chief Systems Architect >> Knowledge Sharing Systems, Inc. > NCSU Centennial Campus > 940 Main Campus Drive, Suite 150 > Raleigh, NC 27606 Tel: 919-790-9895x104 <> Fax: 919-850-0851 >>> http://www.knowledgesharing.com <<<

Messages In This Thread: Switching ISPs by Simon Wright on Dec 18, 2002 at 7:40:32 am Re: Switching ISPs by Brian Blood on Dec 18, 2002 at 8:52:43 am Re: Switching ISPs by Brian Blood on Dec 18, 2002 at 8:55:33 am Re: Switching ISPs by Len Conrad on Dec 18, 2002 at 9:17:26 am Re: Switching ISPs by Simon Wright on Dec 18, 2002 at 9:23:45 am Re: Switching ISPs by Simon Wright on Dec 18, 2002 at 9:34:22 am Re: Switching ISPs by Simon Wright on Dec 18, 2002 at 9:47:51 am Re: Switching ISPs by Len Conrad on Dec 18, 2002 at 9:48:16 am Re: Switching ISPs by Len Conrad on Dec 18, 2002 at 10:02:52 am Re: Switching ISPs by Simon Wright on Dec 18, 2002 at 10:12:21 am Re: Switching ISPs by Kenneth Kirksey on Dec 18, 2002 at 3:13:03 pm Re: Switching ISPs by Len Conrad on Dec 18, 2002 at 3:27:14 pm