DNS Question!

[kj6eo]

Hello -

Thanks for reading this...your time and assistance are appreciated. I am running my own server (RedHat 7.1). I am also running my own DNS server. My DNS server serves my LAN well and it does exactly what it is supposed to do. I can see my DSN server talking to the root servers. However when I try to access my domain from a remote site I always get the "unknown domain" error. For the time being I am having someone do my DNS for me so that my site will be "live" on the internet. Is this the way it is supposed to work? In my opinion if I have a DNS server of my own I should'nt have to have some outside provider doing DNS for me.

Thank you in advance for your comments!

Regards,

Bill KJ6EO :confused:

[error27]

no you are doing it the right way now. everyone has to get their dns from upstream. then at the very top their is a big ibm main frame for the .com. I'm not sure what the .org and .net run on.

how long have you had the dns pointing to your computer? it takes a while for changes to trickle down through the network.

[NancyGirl]

Are you sure your zone files are all configured correctly?

Here is a link (http://www.informatik.uni-siegen.de/softdocs/howto/DNS-HOWTO.html#toc5) to a HOWTO that may be of some use to you.

Can you post the whole error you are getting? I work at a web hosting provider and deal a lot with DNS troubleshooting. If you could provide a little more info I should be able to help point you in the right direction.

(I would admit to where I work if our stock was over $1 :D )

[digitized]

Anybody know what I need to add to my zone file to make my domain respond without the www prefix?

//my zone file bind 9.1
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.mydomain.com. hostmaster.mydomain.com. (
20010816; Serial
12H ; Refresh
1H ; Retry
2W ; Expire
1D ) ; Minimum
IN NS ns1.mydomain.com.
IN NS ns2.mydomain.com.
www IN A x.x.x.x
ftp IN A x.x.x.x

[NancyGirl]

Originally posted by digitized:
<STRONG>Anybody know what I need to add to my zone file to make my domain respond without the www prefix?
</STRONG>

@ IN A x.x.x.x
or
domain.com. IN A x.x.x.x