The nameserver that would not go away...

[Ray Cormier]

Hi all,

thanks in advance for any advice. I am relatively new at DNS, running
velocityip.com on linux redhat with bind 8.2.1-7.

I am using several references and I am pretty sure I am not far off base
here but I am getting a few pecular occurances. Take this for instance, I
originally registered the domain and made a dns change to point to my local
nameserver(ibyte.velocityip.com) and my ISP's 2nd(ns2.pnix.net) I never
arranged authority to have them provide secondary service so a few days
later I registered ns1 and ns2 from granitecanyon.com to provide the
secondary services.  Now all is well in looking at my domain registar's
entries for my dns but when I use nslookup I get the same old server from my
isp(ns2.pnix.net).

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[root at ibyte named]# nslookup -q=any velocityip.com
Server:  ns1.pnix.net
Address:
               )

Non-authoritative answer:
velocityip.com  nameserver = NS2.PNIX.NET
velocityip.com  nameserver = IBYTE.velocityip.com
..
velocityip.com  internet address = 216.178.249.69

Authoritative answers can be found from:
velocityip.com  nameserver = NS2.PNIX.NET
velocityip.com  nameserver = IBYTE.velocityip.com
NS2.PNIX.NET    internet address = 216.178.151.3  <----My old entry for my
ISP's nameserver
IBYTE.velocityip.com    internet address = 216.178.249.69  <---Me - good
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Now when I do this

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[root at ibyte named]# nslookup -q=a velocityip.com
Server:  ns1.pnix.net
Address:  216.178.151.2

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    velocityip.com
Address:  216.178.249.69
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Why am I getting a Non-authorative answer for my server? I have it
registered as a primary with networksolutions, etc.

And last but definately not least I can not get my mail to point at my
server anymore.

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[root at ibyte named]# nslookup -q=mx velocityip.com
Server:  ns1.pnix.net
Address:  216.178.151.2

*** ns1.pnix.net can't find velocityip.com: Non-existent host/domain
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

All of this worked(kinda) for about a week except for the small mistake in
my named.boot file where I had velocity.com as a primary instead of
velociytip.com. The funny thing is my mail would come to me(many hours
later) but when I corrected this mistake I can't get mail destined for the
domain anymore.

below are the relevant config files
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[root at ibyte named]# cat /var/named/db.velocityip
@       IN      SOA     ibyte.velocityip.com. hostmaster.velocityip.com.  (
                                      20000409114 ; Serial
                                      28800      ; Refresh
                                      14400      ; Retry
                                      3600000    ; Expire
                                      86400 )    ; Minimum

                IN      A       216.178.249.69

ibyte        IN      A       216.178.249.69
                IN      MX      5  ibyte.velocityip.com.
                IN      NS      ibyte.velocityip.com.
                IN      NS      ns1.granitecanyon.com.
                IN      NS      ns2.granitecanyon.com.

www             IN      A       216.178.249.69
mail              IN      CNAME   ibyte
pop3            IN      CNAME   ibyte
ftp                 IN      CNAME   ibyte
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[root at ibyte named]# cat /etc/named.conf
options {
        directory "/var/named";
};
zone "." {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "named.local";
};
zone "velocityip.com" {
        type master;
        file "db.velocityip";
};
zone "zipcc.com"

        type master;
        file "db.zipcc";
};
zone "249.178.216.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "db.216.178.249";
};
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[root at ibyte named]# cat /etc/named.boot
directory
/var/named
primary         velocityip.com                           db.velocityip
primary         249.178.216.in-addr.arpa       db.216.178.249
primary         zipcc.com                                  db.zipcc
cache           .                                                   named.ca
primary         0.0.127.in-addr.arpa                named.local
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Again thanks in advance for any help/advice/etc.  I will be monitoring for
replies so if you need any additional info please post or email me @
ray_cormier at yahoo.com


Cheers,

Ray Cormier
Velocity eMedia