Secondary DNS Problem (?)

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9qpjjd$6sv at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Chris Cameron  <chris at upnix.org> wrote:
>
>Hope someone here is able to help with a little problem I have. I'm a 
>bit new to DNS (halfway through DNS and BIND), so I appologize if I've 
>overlooked something large.
>
>I've recently tried to change the DNS servers of a domain (upnix.com). 
>After a week of nothing happening I talked to a guy and Verisign who 
>didn't speak the clearest english. What he was saying (that I could 
>understand) was that my secondary IP pointed to my primary. This makes 
>little sense to me, and he probably meant something other than what I 
>was hearing.

I'm not sure what it means, either.  As far as the registry is concerned,
the difference between primary and secondary is irrelevant.

>My DNS setup consists of two OpenBSD machine (2.9 and 3.0-beta). Both 
>run BIND 4.9.8-REL.
>dns.upnix.net 
>207.153.6.66
>dns2.upnix.net 
>24.64.80.251
>
>Those servers currently only look after two domains. upnix.net iteself, 
>and a .co.uk domain. Neither have had any problem in using those dns 
>servers.

Those are the servers that are currently registered, and the registration
hasn't changed in over a month.  What have you been trying to change to?

>If someone would be able to tell me if there's anything obviously wrong 
>It'd be greatly appreciated. I wouldn't be surprised if the secondary 
>had a problem as it's just an @home address, but I can't figure out what 
>could be special about that address that could prevent DNS from working 
>right.

I just did a few quick checks and it looks fine to me.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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