Can someone help me verify if I had my nameserver setup correctly? Looks ok with nslookup but not sure if I interpreted the results correctly.
The reason I have doubt is because my MX setting isn't working (cannot receive email). It's supposed to be pointing to sitemail.everyone.net
ns1.beetown.com 216.40.227.216
ns2.beetown.com 216.40.227.191
Thanks!
you need to modify the MX records on your machine.
the namesevers need to propagate as well if you just set them up
Reply from 216.40.227.216: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.40.227.216: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.40.227.216: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.40.227.216: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=242
Seem to be working for me, the MX issue has to be something in your DNS setup I'd think
This report says I'm missing NS2...
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=beetown.com
Is it because I don't have NS2 in my zone settings? This is how it looks...
http://www.beetown.com/0000zonesshot.gif
Should I just add another NS record for ns2.beetown.com? If yes, I'm wondering why Ensim didn't add that automatically when I configured my name server.
A separate question...if you look at the screenshot (above URL), you'll see I have both MX record and mail.beetown.com. Will that cause a conflict?
yes, you need to add it.
There are 4 things you need to have to have a name server
Setup ns2 exactly how ns1 looks.
Then you need to add an A record for NS1 and NS2 - each one to its own IP.
You then need to make sure that you add these name servers to your domain registar.
This is how mine looks through Cpanel/WHM ...
http://www.xnethosting.com/images/cpanel_zone.gif
OK, I think I got my records to look like yours...
http://www.beetown.com/0000zonesshot2.gif
It gave me a warning when I added the A records for NS1 and NS2. It accepted the update but gave me a warning. Here's the error message:
"This name server is not authoritative for the given zone. Creating Record: Make sure the reverse address zone exists."
Should I add a Reverse Address (PTR) Record? If yes, what should I enter in these fields...
Hostname.domain = ? (beetown.com or ns1.beetown.com or ns2..)
IP Address = ? (primary or virtual)
Update Address Record = ? (yes or no)
i'm not to sure w/ ensim - I'd ask the support people at your host or ensim themselves to double check.
Thanks for all your help!
