Re: [cobalt-users] Zone Record - Sort of off topic

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:02 PM 2/18/00 -0600, you wrote:
> can someone tell my newbie self what i need to do in order to view my DNS
> Zone Record?

I'm not sure you'd call it a "zone record".  What you've got is A, CNAME, 
PTR, and other DNS RECORDS, kept on your nameserver, in a "zone file".

That said, here's what your nameserver says about your domain:

> Server:  name.roc.frontiernet.net
> Address:  209.130.187.10
>
> turborater.com
>         origin = globalcenter.net
>         mail addr = dns.globalcenter.net
>         serial = 16451
>         refresh = 7200 (2H)
>         retry   = 1800 (30M)
>         expire  = 604800 (1W)
>         minimum ttl = 3600 (1H)
> turborater.com  nameserver = name.roc.frontiernet.net
> turborater.com  nameserver = name.phx.frontiernet.net
> turborater.com  internet address = 206.132.123.1
> turborater.com  preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.itc-dal.com
> turborater.com  preference = 20, mail exchanger = smtp.primenet.com
> turborater.com  nameserver = name.roc.frontiernet.net
> turborater.com  nameserver = name.phx.frontiernet.net
> name.roc.frontiernet.net        internet address = 209.130.187.10
> name.phx.frontiernet.net        internet address = 206.165.6.10
> mail.itc-dal.com        internet address = 206.132.123.8
> smtp.primenet.com       internet address = 206.165.6.134
> smtp.primenet.com       internet address = 206.165.6.135
> smtp.primenet.com       internet address = 206.165.6.131
> smtp.primenet.com       internet address = 206.165.6.132
> smtp.primenet.com       internet address = 206.165.6.133

Other than that your minimum ttl is so short as to make other DNS 
administrators nervous <grin>, everything looks okay here.

Also:

> www.turborater.com      internet address = 206.132.123.3
> turborater.com  nameserver = name.roc.frontiernet.net
> turborater.com  nameserver = name.phx.frontiernet.net
> name.roc.frontiernet.net        internet address = 209.130.187.10
> name.phx.frontiernet.net        internet address = 206.165.6.10

Everything looks okay here, as well.

And from # dig turborater.com

> ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> turborater.com
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      turborater.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> turborater.com.         59m29s IN A     206.132.123.1
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> turborater.com.         1d23h47m58s IN NS  NAME.PHX.FRONTIERNET.NET.
> turborater.com.         1d23h47m58s IN NS  NAME.ROC.FRONTIERNET.NET.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> NAME.PHX.FRONTIERNET.NET.  1d23h54m2s IN A  206.165.6.10
> NAME.ROC.FRONTIERNET.NET.  1d23h54m2s IN A  209.130.187.10
>
> ;; Total query time: 9 msec
> ;; FROM: jeff.cari.net to SERVER: default -- 216.98.128.70
> ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 19 09:13:36 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 141

and # dig www.turborater.com:

> ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> www.turborater.com
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      www.turborater.com, type = A, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> www.turborater.com.     1H IN A         206.132.123.3
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> turborater.com.         1H IN NS        name.roc.frontiernet.net.
> turborater.com.         1H IN NS        name.phx.frontiernet.net.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> name.roc.frontiernet.net.  1H IN A  209.130.187.10
> name.phx.frontiernet.net.  1H IN A  206.165.6.10
>
> ;; Total query time: 1099 msec
> ;; FROM: jeff.cari.net to SERVER: default -- 216.98.128.70
> ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 19 09:16:13 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 36  rcvd: 159

You can ask your hosting company to send you a copy of their zone file for 
your zone.  They may be willing to do so.  Especially if the problems 
you're having with them are causing you to consider leaving them.  Your 
nameserver (name.roc.frontiernet.net) contact information, taken from 
whois, is:

> Coordinator:
>        Frontier Global Center  (PRM-NOC)  hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>        602-416-6400 / 800-404-7714
>        Fax- - - - 602-416-6499

> I just had a new domain setup and my ISP apparantly used CNAMES.

Oh, it's not this domain?  Then what domain is it for?  And for which hosts 
at this domain?  Of course you can run nslookup and dig yourself <smile>.

Jeff

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>