Tricky DNS issue....

[Stephen Carville]

I tried both of the servers you say are failing and it worked fine:

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @ns.kivex.com portal.esubcontractor.com a
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      portal.esubcontractor.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
portal.esubcontractor.com.  2m5s IN A  209.247.122.200

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ESUBCONTRACTOR.com.     2m5s IN NS      209.247.122.205.
ESUBCONTRACTOR.com.     2m5s IN NS      209.163.136.253.

;; Total query time: 91 msec
;; FROM: cypci319 to SERVER: ns.kivex.com  204.177.32.2
;; WHEN: Thu Nov  2 18:21:20 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 43  rcvd: 135

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @ts1.hotwired.com portal.esubcontractor.com a
; (3 servers found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      portal.esubcontractor.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
portal.esubcontractor.com.  50S IN A  209.247.122.200

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
esubcontractor.com.     50S IN NS       209.247.122.205.
esubcontractor.com.     50S IN NS       209.163.136.253.

;; Total query time: 132 msec
;; FROM: cypci319 to SERVER: ts1.hotwired.com  206.221.194.10
;; WHEN: Thu Nov  2 18:24:53 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 43  rcvd: 135 

Are you still having trouble?

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Brett Busch wrote:

-
-I am having a really *wierd* problem with a domain I have and any help would
-be greatly appreciated.
-
-I am hosting a domain that can be seen by some nameservers and not seen by
-others. I have contacted Network Solutions, but they can only tell me that
-it is not their problem.
-
-The domain is esubcontractor.com
-The nameservers for esubcontractor.com are ns1.websourcemedia.com and
-calypso.thisbox.com
-
-I am sure that my DNS servers are set up correctly. Here is some nslookup
-output from them:
-
-The host that I am looking up is portal.esubcontractor.com
-
-C:\>nslookup
-Default Server:  calypso.thisbox.com
-Address:  209.163.136.253
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  calypso.thisbox.com
-Address:  209.163.136.253
-
-Name:    portal.esubcontractor.com
-Address:  209.247.122.200
-
-> server 209.247.122.205
-Default Server:  ns1.websourcemedia.com
-Address:  209.247.122.205
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  ns1.websourcemedia.com
-Address:  209.247.122.205
-
-Name:    portal.esubcontractor.com
-Address:  209.247.122.200
-
->
-
-Everything looks fine from this end, but I have customers that cannot see my
-site, and their nameservers cannot see this host. Some examples:
-
-> server ns.kivex.com
-Default Server:  ns.kivex.com
-Address:  204.177.32.2
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  ns.kivex.com
-Address:  204.177.32.2
-
-*** ns.kivex.com can't find portal.esubcontractor.com: Server failed
->
-
-> server 204.62.131.44
-Default Server:  ts1.hotwired.com
-Address:  204.62.131.44
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  ts1.hotwired.com
-Address:  204.62.131.44
-
-*** ts1.hotwired.com can't find portal.esubcontractor.com: Server failed
->
-
-
-And some success stories...
-
-> server 209.113.65.2
-Default Server:  sod.insync.net
-Address:  209.113.65.2
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  sod.insync.net
-Address:  209.113.65.2
-
-Name:    portal.esubcontractor.com
-Address:  209.247.122.200
-
-> server 206.109.1.1
-Default Server:  ns.neo.net
-Address:  206.109.1.1
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  ns.neo.net
-Address:  206.109.1.1
-
-Name:    portal.esubcontractor.com
-Address:  209.247.122.200
-
-> server 207.235.34.2
-Default Server:  gator.lconn.com
-Address:  207.235.34.2
-
-> portal.esubcontractor.com
-Server:  gator.lconn.com
-Address:  207.235.34.2
-
-Name:    portal.esubcontractor.com
-Address:  209.247.122.200
-
-I thought this may have something to do with the root name servers but I
-cannot find anyone who is willing to help. The beauty of dns is that
-everyone minds their own boat but the downside is that NSI has used that to
-clear themselves of responsibility.
-
-This is becoming a real problem, any help would be appreciated. I would be
-really happy to find out that this is my fault, so I could fix it and put it
-behind me.
-
-Thanks,
-
-Brett Busch
-bbusch at websourcemedia.com
-
-
-
-

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--Stephen Carville
Network Engineer
714-952-5687
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