"No A record found for edtweb12"

[Michael Coumerilh]

yep. just got off the phone with the host. Per the gentleman I was  
talking to, the zone files are identical for both name servers as they  
are just pointing to 2 separate IPs on the same computer. "DNS has  
always worked for the other 10,000+ clients that we have, and some 3rd  
party DNS testers always return errors, which sometimes scares people,  
when in reality nothing is wrong." He refused, politely, to even go to  
dnscheck.se to see what I was complaining about just so I could show  
him the errors. Pat answer after pat answer. "We don't trust anyone  
but our own." He mentioned they use WIndows 2003 servers/DNS. SO,  
maybe it's a known issue that they've not fixed since they've set up  
shop.

Michael

On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Howard Wilkinson wrote:

> Michael Coumerilh wrote:
>>
>> That's my suggestion too, but my client said that he's already got
>> time/effort/etc invested in this host. I agree, if one thing is  
>> wrong,
>> then who knows what else is wrong. IF I can get them to fix this,  
>> then
>> it might be ok, and we just move on. IF it's fixed, but then there  
>> are
>> other problems, then a move would be best. Same with if they won't/
>> don't fix it.
>> So, as far as validating my sleuthing skills, can anyone give me a  
>> yea
>> or nay? Is the secondary NS record misconfigured?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Blaine Fleming wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Michael Coumerilh wrote:
>>>
>>>> He asked his host about this, and they basically said, "It's not
>>>> misconfigured, and NS23 and NS24 are the same computer anyway, so  
>>>> it
>>>> wouldn't matter." It seems to me that the secondary NS
>>>> (ns24.empiredatatech.com) is where the problem lies. My theory is
>>>> that
>>>> once the local DNS server requests the page, if it returns the
>>>> secondary NS it will fail. If, however it returns the primary  
>>>> server
>>>> it comes up as usual.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please help confirm this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ns23.empiredatatech.com timed out repeatedly on me but both seemed  
>>> to
>>> return the same responses.  These guys have some ugly mistakes in
>>> their
>>> zones and the fact that both nameservers are the same computer  
>>> scares
>>> me.  I'm betting they won't care if you ask them to fix it so I  
>>> really
>>> recommend moving the hosting or at least the DNS.  Of course, that's
>>> just my opinion.
>>>
>>> --Blaine
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> The zone lots very borked! It refers to a name server (singleton)  
> that has no parent zone - edtweb12. does not resolve. Thus the  
> access to the site must be working by mistake! If the hoster will  
> not fix then get out quick!
>