Hi Guys

I run my own dns for my domain name and something strange is happening, when i change IP address on any of the A records, its taking effect in 600sec as set in th TTL , BUT no matter what i do for the www.domain.com A record, the IP just wont change, it keeps showing the old one, even DIG shows the same thin, almost as if my name server is not being asked for this information, or is being asked but is failing to respond and passing the query on.

the domain is www.one2host.com the authoritative name server is ns1.net-communities.com

the correct ip is 213.232.19.50

Its also almost as if register.com ( the domain registrar ) is playing a part somehow even though the domain is set to my dns

Any suggestion will be appreciated

Domain Name: ONE2HOST.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
Name Server: NS1.NET-COMMUNITIES.COM
Name Server: D2SN1.NET-COMMUNITIES2.COM
Updated Date: 27-mar-2002

Are you sure the secondary nameserver is spelt as you desire? Also it is the host of a different domain [net-communities2.com]

and that is registered by bulkregister

Server Name: D2SN1.NET-COMMUNITIES2.COM
IP Address: 217.204.37.190
Registrar: BULKREGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com
Referral URL: http://www.bulkregister.com

I think if you register another nameserver ns2.net-communities.com with register you will not have this problem

Cheers
Balaji

debug.net traces

one2host to 217.204.37.130 and
D2SN1.NET-COMMUNITIES2.COM to 217.204.37.190

The problem could be because you have changed the IP in the first nameserver but not in the second

Are your secondary nameservers remote?

Cheers
Balaji

I dont think d2sn1.net-communities2.com is configured for your domain:

> one2host.com
Server: d2sn1.net-communities2.com
Address: 217.204.37.190

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to d2sn1.net-communities2.com timed-out



Here is the zone transfer for your domain:

one2host.com. 86400 IN SOA ns1.net-communities.com. support.one2host.com. (
2002032802 ;serial (version)
28800 ;refresh period (8 hours)
600 ;retry interval (10 minutes)
604800 ;expire time (1 week)
86400 ;default ttl (1 day)
)
one2host.com. 600 IN NS ns1.net-communities.com.
one2host.com. 600 IN MX 10 mail.one2host.com.
one2host.com. 600 IN A 217.204.37.130
ftp.one2host.com. 600 IN A 213.232.89.50
mail.one2host.com. 600 IN A 212.232.89.50
www.one2host.com. 600 IN A 213.232.89.50
one2host.com. 86400 IN SOA ns1.net-communities.com. support.one2host.com. (
2002032802 ;serial (version)
28800 ;refresh period (8 hours)
600 ;retry interval (10 minutes)
604800 ;expire time (1 week)
86400 ;default ttl (1 day)
)

You're missing an NS record for the second DNS server. As for why the A record for the domain isn't changing...i dunno :)

thanx for the input guys

i have made an entry on d2sn1,net-communities2.com now, but i dont see why this should stop changes on one record from taking effect, why is ns1.net-communities.com not being asked for a response on www.one2host.com, also where is the ip 217.204.37.130 even coming from, its not on any of the zone records for both name servers

thanx

DNS queries dont happen the way we logically tend to think [1st nameserver first and if it is not available then 2nd nameserver]

The resolver can query either nameserver depending on which is nearer or faster - so you have to have the right DNS info in both nameservers

Cheers
Balaji

I think I have located the problem.
www.one2host.com is registered as a nameserver and i believe that supercedes anything the nameservers say. if www.one2host.com is registered as a nameserver with a certain ip (217.204.37.130 in this case), than the only way to change the ip for that hostname is to modify or remove the nameserver registration.
You can view information on this registration at this nsiregistry.com page (http://www.nsiregistry.com/cgi-bin/whois?whois_nic=www.one2host.com&type=nameserver)

Thanx T_E_O you got it right, for some reaosn the "good" peopleat register.com decided to create a host record for the www. ( not that i ever asked them to ) i will get this deleted asap.

Once again thanx