2 Web Servers / 4 Name Servers

DNS Listed at Registrar Differs from Global Registry

[nativenewyorker]

Recently, I've been kicking around the idea of using two different hosting providers to reduce the potential downtime of my websites. It happens that my current provider is now experiencing severe problems. As Murphy's Law would dictate, they are unreachable due to the limited staff on hand for the Memorial Day weekend. My sites have now been down for 60 hours. Up until now, my existing provider has been very reliable and addressed issues promptly. They claim to have fallen prey to a hacker attack Friday afternoon. Currently all of my domains incorrectly point to a parked page.

Anyway, I signed up for a new host and made some changes at my registrar in an attempt at damage control. I am trying to set it up so that the new web server takes priority over the existing web server and displays the website instead of the parked page.

My old DNS was setup as:
ns3.currenthostingprovider.net
ns4.currenthostingprovider.net

At my registrar, I deleted the existing DNS entries and replaced them with the new DNS entries first before adding back the deleted DNS entries. It now says:
ns1.newhostingprovider.net
ns2.newhostingprovider.net
ns3.currenthostingprovider.net
ns4.currenthostingprovider.net

Internic and the NSI Registry have been updated with the new DNS, but it shows them in a different sequence than what is listed at my registrar.

ns3.currenthostingprovider.net
ns4.currenthostingprovider.net
ns1.newhostingprovider.net
ns2.newhostingprovider.net

Can anybody tell me where the traffic will be directed? Will it go according to what I've setup at my registrar or what is displayed at Internic?

Thanks,
NNY

[mcavic]

When you specify multiple DNS servers on the domain registration, they tend to take effect in a random order.
I'd just remove the bad DNS servers from the list for the time being.

You might consider using a free service that lets you manage your own DNS records. That way, if one host goes down, you can switch the records yourself to the other server. Some also have a service that will automatically switch your DNS for you if one of the sites goes down. Sticky me if you need a link.

[PanUK]

Sounds like we have sites with same provider, not naming it but your not on web9.*******.com by any chance.

Have been able to redirect as I was only drawing files off the spaces but I have now been left high and dry several times so starting tomorrow i'm moving out.