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

["Micha Kagie" <kagie@xxxxxxxxx>]

(1) no, seperate ip's
(2) yes
(3) i thought i did yeah
(5) yep, they already say my nameservers
(4) i have to check this...

i'll be back... :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "dhbolton" <dhbolton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 21:33
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] domaintransfer -> ping: unknown host


> 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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