Fwd: Re: DNS problems, can't ping domain
Thanks guys.
I added the A record for etalon.net and I restarted bind.
Looks good.
I believe I fixed the MX record thing. not sure.
DNS is quite new to me. Will have to go find some
docs to read.
Thanks again.
Mike
Quoting madmac madmac <madmac134@yahoo.com>:
>
> --- Mike Egglestone <megglestone@heritage.sd57.bc.ca>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have recently just registered a domain name.
> > "etalon.net"
> > My dns server (sid) is setup and is believed to be
> > working OK.
> > I have a CNAME pointing to www and mail
> >
> > I can ping mail.etalon.net and www.etalon.net
> > but I can't ping etalon.net
> > Is it my dns server that may be the problem? or is
> > it something to do with the root dns servers?
> > or maybe my ISP?
> > Basically, everthing seems to work except
> > "etalon.net" doesn't
> > resolve to an IP.
>
> OK - your problems are manifest . . .
>
> the .net root servers have delegated etalon.net to
>
> ns.etalon.net at 24.69.90.171
>
> This is only one NS, when it should be at least two .
> . .
>
> ok - querying ns.etalon.net for the contents of the
> etalon.net zone:
>
> shows A records (address entries) for only 3 hosts in
> etalon.net:
>
> ftp
> localhost
> ns
>
> There are no A records for
>
> www
> mail
>
> also, there is no A record for the domain itself,
>
> etalon.net. A x.y.z.a
>
> There are CNAME records for
>
> www CNAME ns.etalon.net
> mail CNAME ns.etalon.net
>
> so that explains the lack of A records, BUT your
> MX record for etalon.net
>
> etalon.net. MX 10 mail.etalon.net
>
> is illegal because you can't use a CNAME in an MX
> record.
>
> So, get rid of the CNAME entry for mail, add an A
> record for mail that uses the same IP address as NS,
> and add an A record for the domain and you're all set.
>
> madmac
>
>
>
>
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