Re: [cobalt-users] Name-based domain problem

[SM <nntp@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 23:29 21-09-2001 -0300, Nell Bolen wrote:
>Have been running 7 IP-based domains on a RAQ4i just to help me get
>things started up -- to learn something about the system, to set Mysql
>up, to adjust php and cgi scripts, etc. Am now ready to move these sites
>to name-based hosting. I tried to do that twice just now without
>success. My browsers (NS & MSIE), emptied of caches, cannot serve, the
>second name-based domain (domain2.com) -- "There was no response. The
>server could be down or is not responding."
>
>Both browsers can serve domain2.com. Both domain names are registered,
>and both have been accessible via web and email when request by both IP
>address and domain name for about a week. If I go back to the original
>settings, one IP per domain, I can reach both domains via web and email.

Search the archives for DNS propagation.  It explains why you cannot reach
some sites after changing your DNS records and how to solve the problem.

Regards,
-sm