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Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:55:14 -0500
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: named/bind guru question
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011023145002.02243ec8@mail.Go2France.com>
In-Reply-To: <3BD5C32D.3D7F809E@micron.net>

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>I am using FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE (GENERIC), with BIND 9.1.1 -- I have set
>up a name server on this machine at ns1.myp.tv.
>I have a problem with a particular domain: mypersonalfranchise.com -- in
>that when it is loaded from IE on a Windows machine, a first time access
>of the site will result in Page Not Found, but a reload always finds the
>site.
>
>Using nslookup

don't use nslookup, use dig

>  from a machine on a totally separate network, I get the
>"timed out" errors resulting in Non-existent host/domain (see below),
>which I believe are causing the Page Not Found.

one ns doesn't respond at all

>There is a secondary named server in the domain record at
>ns1.uspeed.com, but this does not have any zone info for the
>mypersonalfranchise yet (I am trying to get it added ASAP)

ns1.uspeed.com is not responding at all.

>This has gotten extremely frustrating and I am afraid I am going to lose
>a huge client!

DNS counts.  yours is pretty screwed up:

                               DNS Expert
               Detailed Report for mypersonalfranchise.com

2001-10-23, 14:49, using the analysis setting "Thorough"
======================================================================

Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Serial number:           977186102
Primary name server:     ns1.myp.tv.
Primary mail server:     mail.mypersonalfranchise.com.
Number of records:       6 (2 NS, 1 MX, 3 A, 0 CNAME, 0 PTR, 0 Other)

Errors
----------------------------------------------------------------------
o The server "ns1.uspeed.com." did not reply
     The server "ns1.uspeed.com." did not reply when it was queried
     for the name "mypersonalfranchise.com.".  This indicates that the
     server is not running, or it is currently unreachable.

o Only one of your name servers has autoritative data for the zone.
     The server "ns1.myp.tv." is the only server that has authoritaive
     data for the zone.  If this server becomes unavailable, your
     domain will become inacessible.

o Unable to verify the hostmaster address "root.myptv.com." because
   no mail servers answered.
     It was not possible to verify the hostmaster address
     "root.myptv.com." because none of the mail servers that process
     mail for the domain answered.

Warnings
----------------------------------------------------------------------
o The Serial number field in the SOA record contains an unusual value
     It appears that the Serial number field in the SOA record is
     based on a date value that is in the future.

Len



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