"No A record found for edtweb12"

Howard Wilkinson howard at cohtech.com
Thu Jun 12 17:32:34 UTC 2008


Michael Coumerilh wrote:
> That's my suggestion too, but my client said that he's already got  
> time/effort/etc invested in this host. I agree, if one thing is wrong,  
> then who knows what else is wrong. IF I can get them to fix this, then  
> it might be ok, and we just move on. IF it's fixed, but then there are  
> other problems, then a move would be best. Same with if they won't/ 
> don't fix it.
> So, as far as validating my sleuthing skills, can anyone give me a yea  
> or nay? Is the secondary NS record misconfigured?
>
> Michael
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Blaine Fleming wrote:
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>> Michael Coumerilh wrote:
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>>> He asked his host about this, and they basically said, "It's not
>>> misconfigured, and NS23 and NS24 are the same computer anyway, so it
>>> wouldn't matter." It seems to me that the secondary NS
>>> (ns24.empiredatatech.com) is where the problem lies. My theory is  
>>> that
>>> once the local DNS server requests the page, if it returns the
>>> secondary NS it will fail. If, however it returns the primary server
>>> it comes up as usual.
>>>
>>> Can someone please help confirm this?
>>>
>>>       
>> ns23.empiredatatech.com timed out repeatedly on me but both seemed to
>> return the same responses.  These guys have some ugly mistakes in  
>> their
>> zones and the fact that both nameservers are the same computer scares
>> me.  I'm betting they won't care if you ask them to fix it so I really
>> recommend moving the hosting or at least the DNS.  Of course, that's
>> just my opinion.
>>
>> --Blaine
>>
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The zone lots very borked! It refers to a name server (singleton) that 
has no parent zone - edtweb12. does not resolve. Thus the access to the 
site must be working by mistake! If the hoster will not fix then get out 
quick!




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