newbie: Invalid Name Server

Brian Salomaki brian at gambitdesign.com
Tue Sep 25 21:20:08 UTC 2001


Without my knowing that information though, I think what you need to do is go 
to network solutions, and register your DNS server as a nameserver (host).  
You can do so at the following link.  It is not enough to just have the 
domain name of your server registered.

http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/makechanges/itts/host

On Tuesday 25 September 2001 04:46 pm, you wrote:
> In article <9oqpe3$ffd at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
>
> john-paul delaney  <jp at justatest.com> wrote:
> >On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Barry Margolin wrote:
> >
> >Thanks Barry for picking up on this one... it looks like I've missed
> >something glaringly obvious - but I'm still ignorant of exactly what.
> >
> >I'm not sure what you mean by registered - my nameserver machine hostname
> >is registered with NIC.NET.  The new website domain is also registered
> >with NIC.NET - I just want to insert my own nameserver in the dns entry
> >for the new domain... but I'm told it's an invalid nameserver.
> >
> >It looks like I have to perform some special 'nameserver' registration to
> >make my nameserver a publicly visible one?
>
> If you would tell us the domains and hostnames involved, we might have a
> chance of figuring out what's going on.

-- 
Brian Salomaki
Gambit Design Internet Services
110 E. State St., Suite 18, Kennett Square, PA 19348
DNSbox: http://gambitdesign.com


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