Dig shows wrong ip

[Bradley Caricofe]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:22 PM, <sthaug at nethelp.no> wrote:

> > I recently migrated our old DNS servers to new hardware and BIND 9.6
> > installations. One domain is exhibiting some strangeness,
> > dns3.potomacnetworks.com. Our main DNS servers are authoritative for
> this
> > subdomain and it should point to 216.250.231.11, however, the whole world
> > sees it pointing to 216.250.243.230. Digs against our DNS servers show
> the
> > correct information. I'm stumped, please help me.
>
> Here's your 216.250.243.230 address:
>
> % whois dns3.potomacnetworks.com
>
> Whois Server Version 2.0
>
> Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
> with many different competing registrars. Go to
> http://www.internic.net
> for detailed information.
>
>   Server Name: DNS3.POTOMACNETWORKS.COM
>   IP Address: 216.250.243.230
>   Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
>   Whois Server: whois.register.com
>   Referral URL: http://www.register.com
>
> So - the GTLD-servers know about this host, and will return it when
> asked about A for dns3.potomacnetworks.com.
>
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


My DNS servers are authoritative for the domain potomacnetworks.com, and
contain an A record for the dns3 subdomain which should point it to a
different address, 216.250.231.11. Are you saying the problem is with a GTLD
server? Thanks!

Best,
Brad
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