Re: [cobalt-developers] secondary name server - HELP

[Jessica <jmoira@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:17 PM 8/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
> I'm having problems with my secondary name server, I have a domain name
> registered under ns2.mydomain.com and the DNS settings on my server have an
> "A" record for ns2.mydomain.com with it's own IP, but I can't ping the IP or
> go to ns.mydomain.com from the web.
>
> please tell me what to do, cobalt is very unhelpful.

You're wide open here. Lot of unanswered Q's:
Which domain name is registered with problems - mydomain.com or another ?

Which server's IP can't you ping - ns or ns2 ?

> Is domain registered with your ns.mydomain.com or ns2.mydomain.com as
a name server for this domain?

Are the primary and secondary name servers on 2 different machines or the 
same machine?

Regardless of all, if you can't ping either one or both by I.P., then 
obviously name service will fail !

Resolve I.P. issue first.

Try a Traceroute: use an utility that reports the Rdns info as it runs;
if you do see a report of the proper I.P. by Domain name Trace, then DNS is ok,
your server is simply off the network somehow - different issue.

If you need more help, Could you be more clear please?
Likely why little response to your plight.
Thanks.

Jessica McDonald Ph.D.
http://www.jmoira.com
mailto:jmoira@xxxxxxxxxx