Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Question

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:48 PM 3/8/00 -0500, you wrote:

> Greets Group,
>
> On a RaQ3 -if I originally setup my default domain on the default IP address
> used to configure the box, and if I changed the default domain over to
> another IP would all the other domains currently on the box be affected
> during the propagation period..?  In particularly would they have any
> *downtime*..?? I don't *think* so... because I wouldn't be changing their
> IP's, just mine..
>
> Example Details:

> ...<example snipped>...

> If I moved the default domain, xyz.com (currently on 216.000.00.001) to the
> IP 216.000.00.015 (primary nameserver) would the 50 or so domains currently
> on 216.000.00.015 be affected by this change..??

NO.

> I would *think* the only
> site that would experience downtime would be xyz.com as it updates to the
> new IP address.. but I'm not sure..

If you do it right, you won't have any downtime on this site either.

> The reason I ask, I setup a customer's web site as the first site installed
> on the IP that is also the primary nameserver IP. When you do a nslookup, it
> returns the customer's domain name, and the IP address for ns1. It's not
> really a problem, but I'm curious if it would be best if xyz.com was listed
> at the first site in the records, instead of the first customer on the
> box..??

We set up our machine names completely independently of anything hosted on 
them.  It's really up to you, but nslookup should return the name of your 
nameserver, imho.

Jeff
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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>