[cobalt-users] DNS (again!)

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Hi,

I have read various posts here, and resources on the internet, and am
fairly(?) confident that I have set up my RaQ4 correctly - however I
cannot see one test site with the new nameservers.

In fact when I do a dig to ns0.firstdns.co.uk or ns1.firstdns.co.uk - it
fails to find the nameservers.

However if one does a dig to just firstdns.co.uk - it finds one server.

Does this mean that a) I have set it up wrong b) it has not yet
propagated c) my service provider has made a mistake setting the
nameservers up for me?

This originally started last Friday, when I asked for the two
nameservers to be set up (previously I have always used their
nameservers) - come Monday, it was still not live so I emailed them
back. On Wednesday they emailed back to say sorry, we had a problem, but
it should all be okay now(after propagation etc.) 

If I look at /etc/named/pri.firstdns.co.uk I see

$TTL 3600
firstdns.co.uk. IN SOA ns0.firstdns.co.uk. ian.canvey.org.uk. (
        2002120511
        10800
        3600
        604800
        3600
        )
firstdns.co.uk. IN      NS      ns0.firstdns.co.uk.
firstdns.co.uk. IN      NS      ns1.firstdns.co.uk.


firstdns.co.uk. in      a       128.242.196.249
www.firstdns.co.uk.     in      a       128.242.196.249
firstdns.co.uk. in      mx      30 www.firstdns.co.uk.

/etc/names/records has

a - firstdns.co.uk 128.242.196.249 24
a www firstdns.co.uk 128.242.196.249 24
mx - firstdns.co.uk High www.firstdns.co.uk
soa - firstdns.co.uk
ns0.firstdns.co.uk:ns1.firstdns.co.uk:ianatcanvey.org.uk:10800:3600:6048
00:3600 -


Can anyone throw any light on where I have gone wrong.

Having always taken the easy approach, I am now trying to figure these
things out for myself....

Regards,

Ian