Re: [cobalt-users] domaintransfer -> ping: unknown host

["dhbolton" <dhbolton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Micha
As a newbie wih one RAQ, here are a few pertinent things I've found out:
(1) Are both nameservers on the same IP? This is a very bad thing (I've been
told).
(2) Have you registered your name servers with the global Named Registry (I
think its called)? My domain name registrar won't allow me to transfer
domains to the box  until they are registered.
(3) Have you added the PTR record on your RAQ for the site. (For reverse IP
lookups, I'm not sure if its needed)
(4) Have you run dig on your name servers to show what they're serving?
(5) Check your whois entry- eg www.nsi.com and click whois

You should do what I did, look around (on this list actually) for someone in
the same boat with a box and offer to do each other's secondary. You might
also find people offering secondary DNS for free or very low cost.

David

> Hi,
>
> Since I have no money for more Cobalts at this time, I now have only 1
RaQ4
> with both primary and secondary nameservers setup on it.
>
> I noticed when I transfer a domain to my server, I see a for some days no
> website at all, only the message "the page cannot be displayed". When I
ping
> the domain, I got "unknown host".
>
> But when I normally transfered a domain from one provider to another, the
> transfer went always 'smooth': no loss of website for a few days at all.
>
> Is my website gone until the transfer is completed due to the fact that I
> have primary and secondairy nameservers on 1 machine?
>
> (Two days ago, I have put the information of a domain that needed to be
> transfered into my RaQ4, and yesterday I filled in my nameservers for the
> domain at the old providers website. Now, the website is gone (page not
> found, and when i ping: unknown host), hopefully only for a short time!
:-))
>
> Can I do something about it?
>
> Thanks,
> Micha

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