Error 212 : Name Server Available
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Tue Oct 19 00:07:58 UTC 2004
In article <cl1c2r$prr$1 at sf1.isc.org>, gavin_mcgoldrick at msn.com (GMG)
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to update my DNS records at Namesecure and whenever I try
> to add my name server I get Error 212 : name server available.
>
> When I try to register the name server for another domain on
> register.com I get
>
> Error: You have not specified the name of a valid Domain Name Server.
> Please enter a valid Domain Name Server in the field(s) below and
> click "Submit" to continue.
I think you need to register the nameserver hostname and IP before you
can reference it in a domain registration. The precise details of how
you do this depends on the registrar.
>
> The two current and active name servers I run have the name address
> for the server and I can do lookups against it but the bollox won't
> let me add it to my registrar listing.
>
> I can add other name servers to the list and also delete them.
> Something is not right with the server.
>
> What are the registrar's checking for and where could the problem lie?
>
> Any ideas what this means and what can be done about it?
P.S. This is the BIND newsgroup/mailling list. If you have
non-BIND-related questions about DNS, you should use
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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