Re: [cobalt-users] How to move RAQ to new IP addresses

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RE> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 14:11:18 -0500
RE> From: Rick Ewart


RE> In my case, my domains/nameservers are not registered with
RE> them. They seem to always lag behind the rest when it comes
RE> to getting the nameserver changes into their system. I
RE> recommend that after about 24 hours, check any domains your
RE> clients have with them to see if the nameserver IP has
RE> updated on their domain registration.

Good point, although it actually doesn't matter from an
operational perspective.  Confusing, to be sure.

A client encountered this exact situation earlier this week or
toward the end of last.  After renumbering nameservers, domains
registered with NSI still showed the old IP address.  Go figure.
However, the glue records had been updated in the GTLDs, and the
NSes were renumbered correctly.

One can check the glue records.  For example, if checking
everquick.net:

	dig +norec @a.root-servers.net everquick.net. ns

will refer you to the correct GTLD servers.  Repeat the process
using one of those NSes:

	dig +norec @a.gtld-servers.net everquick.net. ns

Continue following the DNS trail until you see your nameserver
and an IP listed in "ADDITIONAL SECTION":

	ns1.everquick.net.  172800  IN  A  216.89.137.11

Note the IPs; these show the contents of the glue records.
Whatever you see there is what is used -- regardless of what
"whois" says.  In this case, 216.89.137.11 is the IP address
for "ns1.everquick.net".

Moral of the story:  "whois" records often do not reflect
reality. :-)


HTH,
Eddy
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Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building
Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national
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