Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.

["Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Tim
that's a good idea , to build up a site for newbies...
I myself am a unexperienced cobalt RQ3 user. i had that problem too , about
ns1 , ns2 but thanks to my man "Dave Raza" I found some good resources about
how to configure my server to act as Primary DNS server of my own , and you
know the best part? It ACTUALLY works!
I am way too sick of the providers.You know , I contacted my provider asked
them about how to do this and they told me that I have to ask them to enter
every DNS records for the sites i was going to host into their own DNS
servers and choose their DNS server IPs when regging a new site.and that
would take an extra 4-6 hours (in addition to the 2 days NIC reg. delay)
I have only one more problem : Do I have to have another RAQ for my
secondary? Coz with the new revision , it seems that you can not have your
RAQ3 to function as both Prim/Secon DNS server.

Any IDEAS everybody?

Cheers , Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim M. Muldoon <muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:01 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.


> I am new to the world of server management. I am reasonbly intelligent and
> have been programming for 25 of my 33 years. I have been a reseller for my
> ISP for about 2 years hosting about 45 sites, 15 of my own.
>
> After paying my last bill to my ISP I started looking for a way too keep
> more of the money in my pocket and spent 2 months researching, reading and
> learning all that I thought I could about moving to a server of my own.
>
> I knew up front that my ISP's idea of support was 'see support.cobalt.com'
>
> I downloaded the manual for the RaQ 2, read it cover to cover, went
through
> all of the knowledge base and archives and found answers to all of the
> problems I could anticipate and how to handle the services my clients were
> currently using.  i.e.  Real Server, mailing list. etc...
>
> As noted in a previous post I spent 5 WHOLE DAYS (as much as 60 hours)
> trying to figure out the most basic of functions, setting up a server as
> ns1/ns2, which was answered by two resources and resolved in 10 minutes.
>
> In my humble, newbie, inexperienced, idiot's guided (no trademark
> infringement intended), opinion, what is needed is...
>
> Someone at Cobalt who is committed to keeping the Knowledge Base current
(40
> hrs x $60 (true cost) = $2400 (margin  @ 30% on 8 servers sold)) updated,
> with a goal of not 'What you 'can' do but, specifically 'How to do it'
> guide. (See previous noted thanks to Fathi and Interliant.)
>
> As well as an up to date, Boolean, including 'special characters'
searchable
> archive list.
>
> And in my 'net dreams' a form where a newbie could put in their servers NS
> names and IP's and they would get a step-by-step guide as to 'how-to' set
up
> their servers. (i.e. many, many sales for Cobalt. Hint, hint)
>
> Following this train of thought I have registered the domain
> raqresources.com (subtitled 'things I wish I knew before I had a RaQ')
where
> I would like to post the 'best of the best'-'how to's' (subtitled, Duh, I
am
> an ISP, now what do I do?)
>
> So as to save bandwidth, you can flame me in person at muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx
> or 845-758-9876 from 8am to 8pm EST. (Please don't wake the babies)
>
> Tim M. Muldoon
> muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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