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

["Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Geez !
Thanks...guess I'll stick to my current for the time being
PS.
Why won't I use RAQ for DNS? Is there a better alternative?
----- Original Message -----
From: John Burgess <john.burgess@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.


> Ideas?  Just two:
>
> Idea 1: Sart your own ISP which should involve the following for starters:
> get your own T'1/DS3 pipes, get your own routers, firewalls, your own
> Internet IP blocks, build a NOC, get your utilities installed and turned
on,
> hire a staff.  PS.  After all this, I guarantee you won't do DNS on an
Raq.
> They are for webhosting.
>
> Idea 2: Change ISP's
>
> John Burgess
> fastex.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.
>
>
> > 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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