I have recently registered a domain (bout a week or so ago) and the domain has not been pointed to my website. I can see the site via the number IP, but not through saincai.com.

I looked at the DNS records and saw they were all caps (NS1.MYHOST.COM for example).

Are the nameserver case sensitive like this and should be in small letters? (ns1.myhost.com for example)

Originally posted by Sain Cai
Are the nameserver case sensitive like this and should be in small letters? (ns1.myhost.com for example) Nope, capitalization wouldn't matter.

If it's been that long, you should contact your host and ask them to confirm that dns for your domain is set up correctly.

You should try nslookup to see whether the dns server is resolving the domain name. nslookup is available in both Windows NT / XP and UNIX / LINUX.

Run nslookup
type "server [THE_DNS_SERVER_IN_QUESTION]"
type "[YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME].com"

It should resolve to the IP address in question. If it does not, then whoever is hosting your DNS has dropped the ball. Give them a call.

Seems like your nameservers having problems. Contact your host & they shd be able to help.

06/03/02 22:24:22 dig saincai.com @ NS1.SPARTIXHOSTING.com
Dig saincai.com@NS2.SPARTIXHOSTING.com (66.250.73.49) ...
Non-authoritative answer
Recursive queries supported by this server
Nameserver has a problem and can't talk right now
Dig saincai.com@NS1.SPARTIXHOSTING.com (66.250.73.48) ...
Non-authoritative answer
Recursive queries supported by this server
Nameserver has a problem and can't talk right now

<len conrad>
Don't use nslookup, it is deprecated. Use dig.
</len conrad>

Your hosting provided has either not created your zone file yet, or they did not restart BIND after they created it:

[allan@ns1 allan]$ dig @NS1.SPARTIXHOSTING.COM saincai.com SOA

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> @NS1.SPARTIXHOSTING.COM saincai.com SOA
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 38102
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;saincai.com. IN SOA

;; Query time: 50 msec
;; SERVER: 66.250.73.48#53(NS1.SPARTIXHOSTING.COM)
;; WHEN: Mon Jun 3 12:25:24 2002
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 29


No SOA=no zone file.

see the IP given does not match my sites:



HERE (http://66.28.166.128/~dragon/)

is it something as simple as changing the IP or whatnot?

Ok, I tried this:

I deleted the DNS zone using the # shown in the DNS lookup.

I added a DNS zone, using the IP that I can view my site on, 66.28.166.128

Can someone possibly confirm if this may work?

Originally posted by Sain Cai

I deleted the DNS zone using the # shown in the DNS lookup.

I added a DNS zone, using the IP that I can view my site on, 66.28.166.128

Can someone possibly confirm if this may work?

Yup:

[allan@ns1 allan]$ dig @66.250.73.48 www.saincai.com A

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> @66.250.73.48 www.saincai.com A
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62450
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.saincai.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.saincai.com. 14400 IN CNAME saincai.com.
saincai.com. 14400 IN A 66.28.166.128

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
saincai.com. 14400 IN NS ns1.spartixhosting.com.
saincai.com. 14400 IN NS ns2.spartixhosting.com.

;; Query time: 50 msec
;; SERVER: 66.250.73.48#53(66.250.73.48)
;; WHEN: Mon Jun 3 12:53:44 2002
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 114

Edit: Seeing how some people have sent a couple rude emails, I am deleting this post with my link. This site, even though I have not publicized it, is going to be for some friends game-based websites hosting.