Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Problem? Admin, Email , Websites not accessible.

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JOHN MILO wrote:

> Help Please we need some advise!
> 
> We have two RaQ 3i and we want setup Primary and Secondary DNS
> RaQ 1 : NS1.DOMAIN.NET  with IP 111.111.111.111
> and  RaQ2 : NS2.DOMAIN.NET with IP 222.222.222.222
> The NS1 Host the websites and the DNS Records and the
> NS2 Just DNS Records,
> The IP of the sites on NS1 is 111.111.111.111
> 
> What is the right  setup on DNS Records
> and SOA  ( Refresh, Retry, Expire, Minimum ),?

Leave the SOA record alone unless you know what you're changing and why.

You need an A record for each domain, as domain.com, and one for each
domain as www.domain.com.

You also need an MX record pointing domain.com to domain.com (looks
redundant, but it's not).  Anything else you're doing depends on what
you're doing.  For example, if you're setting up ftp.domain.com, then
you need an A record or a CNAME record for ftp.domain.com.

> The time on SOA ( Refresh, Retry, Expire, Minimum )
> has to be the same on both RaQs for each Domain DNS Records?

You don't use the SOA part of DNS for the secondary server records
you'll be setting up on the second RaQ.


> 
> The SetUp  for SOA on the first RaQ  is :
> Primary Server : NS1.DOMAIN.NET
> Secondary Server : NS2.DOMAIN.NET
> 
> The SetUp  for SOA on the Second RaQ  is :
> Primary Server : NS1.DOMAIN.NET
> Secondary Server : NS2.DOMAIN.NET is this correct ?

As I said, on the second RaQ, you just set up a secondary record for the
domain, pointing to 111.111.111.111.  The SOA is NOT used, so it doesn't
matter what it says.

> We asking these because the servers every day between
> 10.30pm and 10.30 am  Admin, Email ,  Web sites are not accessible.
> But during the day everything it works perfect
> Email, Admin, and Web Sites.
> Can anyone tell me what's Happening?

Has nothing to with DNS, I'd bet.  Have you called customer support at
your colo provider?

Jeff
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