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

["Steve Bassi" <Steve@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi -

Try using centralinfo.net as your secondary - thats what I do and their
service is free.

Just go to their main page and sign up for a free DNS server ..

I have had no problems.

Best Regards

Steve Bassi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 7:53 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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