Domain re-delegation problems!!!

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Wed Nov 22 00:24:54 UTC 2000


Ben Blanch wrote:

> I'm currently trying to re-delegate our domain as our ISP is about to go
> bust.  I am running a Windows NT4 Small Business Server and have configured
> the DNS server to what appears to be a valid configuration (by my
> understanding).
>
> Domain is sqrdgp.com.au and IP is 139.130.17.98
> I have the following configuration under DNS:
>
> [ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au]
>  sqrdgp.com.au.     SOA     ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au ben.sqrdgp.com.au.   (15
> 3600 600 86400 3600)
>  sqrdgp.com.au.     NS        ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au
>  sqrdgp.com.au.     NS       ns1.telstra.NET
>  ntserver                 A         139.130.17.98
>  primary                 MX      0    ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au
>  secondary             MX      100  postoffice.telstra.NET
>  www                     A         139.130.17.98
>  sqrdgp.com.au.     SOA     ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au ben.sqrdgp.com.au.   (15
> 3600 600 86400 3600)
>
> I have checked with nslookup on both the primary and secondary name servers
> and they both appear to be fine.  But when I attempt to re-delegate I
> receive an email saying that ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au is authoritative for the
> domain sqrdgp.com.au.
>
> Firstly can anyone see any flaws in the DNS configurtion of the server and
> secondly how do I get ntserver.sqrdgp.com.au to be authoritative for he
> domain?

Seems to be answering fine. Given that ntserver is *already* in the delegations
for sqrdgp.com.au, what more do you need?


- Kevin




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