newbie needs help re: SBC - DNS record

[Bryan Irvine]

heck, I've had the same problem getting the PTR's on our T1's!!!
though admittedly we don't have pacbell. so YMMV.

Good luck trying to get a DSL Bob to know what you are talking about.

At the end of the day I think the only thing you'll have is an
interesting thread on ASR (alt.sysadmin.recovery) :-)

--Bryan


On 9/14/05, Eduardo Bonsi <beartcom at pacbell.net> wrote:
> I am sorry to comment on this today as I do not
> monitor these emails frequently but I believed this is
> intent to Japhy.
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> If you are setting up a network thru your friend's
> server, you will have to setup the forward DNS
> yourself and ask SBC to setup your reverse zone. I
> know what you mean by getting all the wrong person. I
> had the same experience. Majority of people that
> handled phone calls at SBC only know basic issues as
> installation and customer care, (simple issues). Call
> them back and ask to talk to a Network Administrator
> that understands DNS and takes care to setup the
> reverse for your ip address.
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> http://dialup.pacbell.net/CustomerSvc/contact.html
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> Then request Network Solutions to point your domain
> name to your dns server by providing them the correct
> ip address.
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> Hope that helps,
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> Eduardo
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> --- bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > why wouldn't network solutions provide the dns
> > resolution for the 'domain
> > name' to point to the IP addresses you have?? they
> > should do it with no
> > issue/prob at all...
> >
> > -bruce
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org
> > [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> > Behalf Of Japhy
> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:19 PM
> > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> > Subject: newbie needs help re: SBC - DNS record
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am setting up a network for a friend of mine who
> > is starting a small
> > business.  They have a dsl line installed by SBC,
> > and received 5 public
> > IP addresses.
> > They have registered a domain name with network
> > solutions and want to
> > host the web server themselves behind firewall I am
> > setting up.
> > I am trying to get SBC to set up a DNS record
> > pointing their domain
> > name to 1 of these IP addresses, but everyone at SBC
> > acts like I am
> > speaking Greek.  *****Isn't this a service that an
> > ISP, like SBC, would
> > provide? *****  I think I just must be talking to
> > the wrong people, but
> > I've spoken to 5 and am getting nowhere.  I am
> > simply asking them if
> > they can set up a DNS record (PTR?) to point the
> > domain name to the IP.
> >  Obviously, I'm no DNS expert, and I don't want to
> > set up a DNS server
> > to broadcast.  What terminology do I need to use
> > with these people?  Or
> > am I wrong in assuming they would do it, if my
> > client is hosting their
> > own server?  What are my options, then, other than
> > setting up my own
> > DNS server?
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Eduardo Bonsi
> System Admin
> BEARTCOMMUNICATIONS
> beartcom at pacbell.net
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>