Need some help changing providers and nameservers

[Douglas W. Palme]

I'm thinking that if I change the ns2.blackcatsolutions.com to the new ip
address and submit those changes to internic and allow a few days to pass in
order for that information to propagate through the net and then drop the
primary nameserver and move everthing over to the new site that we should be
ok....when someone queries looking for a record from the primary and cannot
find it, they should automatically go to the secondary and look for it
there....which would contain the correct ip addresses....thus fixing our
problem....

If anyone disagrees please say so and why.

Douglas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Taylor" <staylor at coloradomusic.com>
To: "Douglas W. Palme" <dpalme at blackcatsolutions.com>
Cc: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Need some help changing providers and nameservers


> You might consider having your dns/webserver(s) be colocated at your
provider
> (or another isp) so that physical circuits are not a concern, as well as
giving
> your server vastly increased potential bandwidth. You should be able to
find a
> decent colocation situation in the $250-$500/month range. This would also
free
> up bandwidth on your circuit to be only your own employees surfing the
web,
> getting email, etc. rather than the extra load of the general public
hitting
> your website. Even if you don't continue this long-term, you might be able
to
> temporarily park one of your nameservers at your new ISP.
>
> "Douglas W. Palme" wrote:
>
> > We are in the process of changing providers....we have been handling our
own
> > dns on our own equipment - ns.blackcatsolutions.com which is assigned ip
> > 216.117.40.226 and ns2.blackcatsolutions.com assigned 216.117.40.227
> >
> > The problem is we have one circuit....and I'm not sure how to make the
> > changes to internic without affecting traffic.
> >
> > We are not in a position to run two circuit simultaneously, and I was
> > thinking that if I changed say the ns2 server to the new provider and
then
> > allowed that to filter through for several days so the masters are
updated,
> > and then switched will that not eliminate our problem?
> >
> > IE: Since the primary cannot be found it will automatically rollover to
the
> > secondary which will point everyone to the correct subnet, ip addresses
etc.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Douglas