named running no ns

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cg6gt5$14bg$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Kelly" <webmaster at boredomsoftware.com> wrote:

> Yes it is port 53 sorry.
> 
> I am trying to ping or nslookup or anything to show ns1.boredomhost.com
> is existing.  I get nothing.
> 
> I guess I am not sure what the problem is I am having.  I cannot get my
> nameserver to talk to the internet nameservers.  
> 
> Right now boredomhost.com is on a parked webserver from my domain
> provider.  The domain provider says ns1.boredomhost.com does not exist
> when I try to change it.

You need to register the hostname through your domain registrar before 
trying to change the domain to use it as a nameserver.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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