I have TWO domains at TWO different registrars that are hosted on TWO different servers. My plan was to register DNS servers for both of them, and host DNS on each server with the other domain serving as the other ones backup.
The first domain is registered with Register.com and will be referenced as mydomain1.com from here on out
The second domain is registred with AITdomains.com and will be referenced as mydomain2.com from here on out.
I have existing DNS servers running on mydomain2.com, and those DNS servers are the authoritive DNS for about 100 domains. The problem is that the servers hosting the dns for mydomain2.com are difficult to work with (have to send emails for changes etc.) and we are moving them to something that I can control directly. I can NOT have any downtime in this transition when it comes to this set of DNS servers, my head would be presented on a platter if this happend.
I went to register.com and registered the name server ns3.domain1.com to the server that is assiciated to that domain, DNS is running and verified functional on this server.
I went to AITdomains and registered the name server ns4.domain2.com to the server that is associated to that domain, DNS is running and verified functional on that server as well.
I have one dummy .info domain that I use for testing that is hosted on domain2.com's server --- I shifted the name servers for this domain to ns3.domain1.com and ns4.domain2.com at godaddy (where this domain is registered)
Nothing is working, I can not resolve ns3.domain1.com or ns4.domain2.com, I can not dig those domains, if I do a whois ns3.domain1.com or ns4.domain2.com @internic.net I get the proper address for the servers, but I do not see it anywhere else... I registered these servers weeks ago.
If I do a nslookup in windows on the domain that I have setup on the new DNS servers this is the response:
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
A whois on this "dummy" domain shows the new name servers --- however like I said, nothing can seem to find them.
I am missing something, and for the life of me I can not figure out what the hell it is. If anyone has input, please let me know.
to make matters worse, you local (your computer) and ISP's DNS may have various caching times.
find a DNS operator that refreshes the database instantly. Using a DNS server that is not either on your web server or hosting company will allow you to make emergency changes in the event of major outages.
I use the one built into my email account to manage over 100 domains in my own collection.
[edited by: Webwork at 12:17 pm (utc) on Sep. 1, 2009]
