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Thread: DNS not set up?

  1. #1
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    * DNS not set up?

    Uhm...

    Got a dedicated serevr a couple of weeks ago... I'm new to the world of dedicated servers...

    During setup, I thought all went well (well, after talking with TomSyer on some things...)

    I have two domains successfully pointed at my server.

    But I can't point any more domains -- my registrar (a Tucows reseller)'s domain management script says it can't verify ns1.[something].com and ns2.[something].com -- but [something].com is my main domain, and it allowed me to update for [somethingelse].com....

    I suspect it's not a registrar issue - I've used these guys for years with very very few problems (couldn't update .us info once - they fixed some glitch, and worked ever since) -- I mean, since 1997 I've used them...

    Is there any place with some good advice (or even some suggestions from y'all) on things I can do to start troubleshooting WTF? :-D

    Many thanks in advance for any and all advice!

    Take care,
    -i

  2. #2
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    Have you set up ns1/2.[something].com on your server, configured BIND (or whatever DNS server you use) and registered them as DNS servers at the registry?

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    you may not create the NAMESERVER Type for your domain

    go www . internic . net/whois.html select Nameserver to check with your domain. If you can not find that, Please Register a NameServer Type on your Domain registrar

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    Thanks for replies :)

    Sorry, it's been a (censored) of a week... Hurricane Ivan and prep at work took ALL of my time...

    Thank you all for your replies.

    In my case, after looking at some things based on the various advice, I went and did some more googling, and found this information:

    ------
    /etc/resolv.conf
    Check that there are nameserver entries for each IP. There may also be one for 127.0.0.1 - this is okay. I'm led to believe (by the 'man' entry for resolv.conf) that this isn't a particularly important file, but I changed mine to read:

    domain mybox.com
    search mybox.com
    nameserver 127.0.0.1
    nameserver 111.111.111.111
    nameserver 222.222.222.222
    ----

    This is what was, for some reason, lacking...

    So I added appropriate entries, and it's working like a charm.

    Oy.

    Take care!
    -i

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