Gurus: Please read, quick newbie problems

[Kevin Darcy]

I'm a little confused here: are you changing the *name* of the
nameserver, or the *address*, or both? If you're changing both things,
then depending on the tools that your registrar is using, you may need to
do this in 2 steps and/or follow different procedures to make the
respective changes.


- Kevin

elcid at dowco.com wrote:

> Hi there.  Heres an ODD DNS related question.
>
> 1. I own a domain name , and have run my own DNS server for over a
> year now.  When I originally setup the DNS server, all that was needed
> inmy register was the name and ip address of my DNS server. bingo, it
> would work in a few hours.  Now, since my ip address changed, I needed
> to go to my register to change the ip address/name of my DNS server.
> It will only take the DNS name of the server, and not the ip. Well,
> fine, I entered the name but it keeps failing in finding my new
> dns/server name.  A friend of mine is doing the master DNS for me, and
> is pointing the IP address/name to the right location.  Going to
> places like www.samspade.org shows that its set correctly.  My
> register just keeps on failing to find it!. Now, if i enter the OLD
> DNS name for my server ( before the xchange ), the #%$@#%$% register
> then finds the server ( some how, somehere, since its not running, and
> has the wrong IP!!!!! ) and its happy and all is well, according to
> the register!.  Of course not is well, theres nothing on that IP
> address, or even a computer!.  But yet it finds it.  Well, I guess it
> could be a cache that has not expired with www.opensrs.com, but for 4
> days now ??? Should it not has expired by now ?  there are no servers
> pointing to that IP address.  I am at loss, I cant figure it out!.
> Please help.