Need some help changing providers and nameservers

[Scott Taylor]

You might consider having your dns/webserver(s) be colocated at your provider
(or another isp) so that physical circuits are not a concern, as well as giving
your server vastly increased potential bandwidth. You should be able to find a
decent colocation situation in the $250-$500/month range. This would also free
up bandwidth on your circuit to be only your own employees surfing the web,
getting email, etc. rather than the extra load of the general public hitting
your website. Even if you don't continue this long-term, you might be able to
temporarily park one of your nameservers at your new ISP.

"Douglas W. Palme" wrote:

> We are in the process of changing providers....we have been handling our own
> dns on our own equipment - ns.blackcatsolutions.com which is assigned ip
> 216.117.40.226 and ns2.blackcatsolutions.com assigned 216.117.40.227
>
> The problem is we have one circuit....and I'm not sure how to make the
> changes to internic without affecting traffic.
>
> We are not in a position to run two circuit simultaneously, and I was
> thinking that if I changed say the ns2 server to the new provider and then
> allowed that to filter through for several days so the masters are updated,
> and then switched will that not eliminate our problem?
>
> IE: Since the primary cannot be found it will automatically rollover to the
> secondary which will point everyone to the correct subnet, ip addresses etc.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Douglas