ip-address won't change

[David Botham]

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Your problem is due to the fact that the .net gTLD servers have an
out of date glue record for the name server in question (you were
almost there with the queries you were doing...):
; <<>> DiG 9.3.0s20020722 <<>> @j.gtld-servers.net ns.unitedkings.net
A
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57212
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns.unitedkings.net.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ns.unitedkings.net.     172800  IN      A       212.87.38.52

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
unitedkings.net.        172800  IN      NS      NS7.WORLDSERVER.net.
unitedkings.net.        172800  IN      NS      NS8.WORLDSERVER.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS7.WORLDSERVER.net.    172800  IN      A       217.13.199.16
NS8.WORLDSERVER.net.    172800  IN      A       217.13.201.16

;; Query time: 179 msec
;; SERVER: 210.132.100.101#53(j.gtld-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Thu Aug 22 13:20:28 2002
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 132

[root at ahns2 root]# 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]
> On Behalf Of Till Eifert
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:17 AM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: ip-address won't change
> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> I have a strange problem with the ip-address of my old nameserver:
> 
> When I try to ping ns.unitedkings.net it will fail because it still
> uses the
> old ip-address (212.87.38.52) which is wrong.
> Then, I used the command dig to see what the responsible
> nameservers say. I
> started with
> dig @a.root-servers.net net ns
> to see who is responsible for net. Then I just took the first ns
> entry: dig @j.gtld-servers.net unitedkings.net ns
> this got me the answers:
> unitedkings.net.        172800  IN      NS     
> NS8.WORLDSERVER.net. unitedkings.net.        172800  IN      NS    
>  NS7.WORLDSERVER.net.  
> 
> So, with dig @ns8.worldserver.net ns.unitedkings.net
> I received the result:
> ns.unitedkings.net.     259200  IN      A       217.13.197.87
> 
> 
> This is the correct address. Now, why is this address not used by
> ping or any internet browser?
> 
> Thank you for any help.
> 
> Till Eifert
> 
> 
> 


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