DNS redundancy and two ISPs

[Joe Raviele]

Your problem is not in your config, its at your registry. Here is what
it has listed for you:

 Domain servers in listed order:

NS2.GDDIRECT.NET 216.237.201.46
NS1.GDDIRECT.NET 24.199.173.58 

If you look at your IP address for NS2 and whois is for NS2, they are
different.


- Joe

On Apr 11, 2005 10:45 PM, Bob Little <rlittle at graphikdimensions.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It's apparent to me that I do not understand the myriad of options,
> features and concepts of DNS configuration.  Maybe I don't really have a
> DNS issue here - I don't know.
> 
> Background -
> I have two seperate DNS servers:
> ns1.gddirect.net is on a Road Runner network: 24.199.173.56/255.255.255.248
> ns2.gddirect.net is on a DSL network: 216.237.238.82/255.255.255.248
> 
> The idea was to have ns1 and the Road Runner be our default gateway, and
>   in the event of a server or ISP failure, ns2 and the DSL connection
> would become the default gateway via some ethernet card re-aliasing.
> 
> But what I'm finding is that when the primary server - ns1/Road Runner
> is offline/crashed/shutdown, my domain gddirect.net cannot be reached at
> all - even though ns2 is up and running.
> 
> I know I have some configuration issue, but I don't know what topics in
> TFM to R up on.
> 
> Sorry if I haven't provided enough info, it's been a *very* long day.
> 
> **********************************************
> NS1's zone file:
> $TTL 3600
> gddirect.net. IN  SOA ns1.gddirect.net.  rlittle (
>        2005041105 ; serial
>        3600 ; refresh
>        3600 ; retry
>        604800 ; expire
>        3600 ; ttl
>        )
> 
> @ IN  NS  ns1.gddirect.net.
> @ IN  NS  ns2.gddirect.net.
> 
> @ IN  MX  10  mx1.gddirect.net.
> @ IN  MX  30  mx2.gddirect.net.
> 
> @ IN  A 24.199.173.58
> @ IN  A 216.237.238.82
> 
> mx1.gddirect.net. IN  A 24.199.173.58
> mx2.gddirect.net. IN  A 216.237.238.82
> 
> ns1 IN  A 24.199.173.58
> ns2 IN  A 216.237.238.82
> 
> ********************************************
> NS2's zone file:
> $TTL 3600
> gddirect.net. IN  SOA ns2.gddirect.net.  rlittle (
>        2005041105 ; serial
>        3600 ; refresh
>        3600 ; retry
>        604800 ; expire
>        3600 ; ttl
>        )
> 
> @ IN  NS  ns2.gddirect.net.
> @ IN  NS  ns1.gddirect.net.
> 
> @ IN  MX  10  mx2.gddirect.net.
> @ IN  MX  30  mx1.gddirect.net.
> 
> @ IN  A 216.237.238.82
> @ IN  A 24.199.173.58
> 
> mx2.gddirect.net. IN  A 216.237.238.82
> mx1.gddirect.net. IN  A 24.199.173.58
> 
> ns2 IN  A 216.237.238.82
> ns1 IN  A 24.199.173.58
> 
> *******************************************
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Bob Little
> Graphik Dimensions, Ltd.
> High Point, NC
> 
>