How do I measure that?

Post #314,866 by drook 9/30/09 8:08:28 PM Reply	How do I measure that? -- Drew
Post #314,867 by boxley 9/30/09 8:28:40 PM Reply	example nslookup -type=MX me.net then count the characters that return including spaces, ensure the total count is under 512
Post #314,899 by drook 10/1/09 8:55:34 AM Reply	That's interesting drook@drook-desktop:/var/www$ nslookup -type=CNAME cooklikeyourgrandmother.com Server: 192.168.0.1 Address: 192.168.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: *** Can't find cooklikeyourgrandmother.com: No answer Authoritative answers can be found from: cooklikeyourgrandmother.com origin = ns1.aplus.net mail addr = hostmaster.aplus.net serial = 2009092118 refresh = 7200 retry = 3600 expire = 3600000 minimum = 3600 Okay, there's no CNAME, which is right. But it shows the authoritative server. That seems right. drook@drook-desktop:/var/www$ nslookup -type=A cooklikeyourgrandmother.com Server: 192.168.0.1 Address: 192.168.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: cooklikeyourgrandmother.com Address: 64.29.151.221 That's good, although I would have thought it would have the authoritative server listed. drook@drook-desktop:/var/www$ nslookup -type=CNAME blog.cooklikeyourgrandmother.com Server: 192.168.0.1 Address: 192.168.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: blog.cooklikeyourgrandmother.com canonical name = ghs.google.com. Authoritative answers can be found from: The non-authoritative answer is correct, but authoritative is just blank. Shouldn't there be a value there? -- Drew
Post #314,902 by boxley 10/1/09 9:11:29 AM Reply	is it blank or timed out?
Post #314,907 by drook 10/1/09 10:16:42 AM Reply	I pasted everything that showed up If it timed out, it didn't display anything saying so. -- Drew
Post #314,911 by drook 10/1/09 10:32:58 AM Reply	Just got word from the guy who's having the problem He did an nslookup and got the following: * Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Non-existent domain * Default servers are not available Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.0.1 *** UnKnown can't find blog.cooklikeyourgrandmother.com: Non-existent domain -- Drew
Post #314,913 by boxley 10/1/09 11:25:02 AM Reply	his dns server is down
Post #314,920 by folkert 10/1/09 12:17:50 PM Reply	So his "internal" DNS caching service is horked. Its burping on the fscked up glue records. Geebus... You have to get you own DNS server running and then secondary for it. Or just transfer all the root server entries to DNS MADE EASY. Setup an account for DNS Made Easy. Setup all you hosts properly. Transfer it. DNS IS NOT THIS HARD! It just fscking works when you understand it. DNS Made Easy has an interface that is BY FAR the best and simplest interface I have seen. No fancy schmancy AJAX or CSS tricks... bare bones and it works. http://www.gregfolke...pics/dnsmadeeasy/ Go through the pics in order... Also notice in the record mgmt the removal etc... It is very simple, but every function needed is there.
Post #314,921 by drook 10/1/09 12:29:39 PM Reply	"when you understand it" is the problem I don't know how much "magic" the current host has going on behind the interface they provide. The nameservers pointing to other nameservers for instance. The multiple A records to handle ssh and webmail and etc. etc. etc. And assuming I knew everything about their network, I still don't know which options to select in all those screenshots you put up. I know this stuff is easy to people who understand it. I know I could learn it. But if it's done right, it's something I should only have to do once every year or so, or when I set up a new site. -- Drew
Post #314,922 by folkert 10/1/09 1:17:33 PM Reply	Re: "when you understand it" is the problem Oh, you need a A record? Umm "add A record" Oh you need a wild card A record? Umm, "add A record" Oh you need a CNAME for Blogger? Ummm, "add CNAME record" I mean COME ON DREW, stop being oblique. You posted a picture from before with you DNS control panel. Its NOT rocket science. Stopp thinking its tough. DNS is just a frickin query service for a database of records, you ask for a NAME or type of record for the name it gives you back a number or other entried. SIMPLE. Here is the ZONEFILE I created for you from before. uno:/home/drook/bind# cat cooklikeyourgrandmother.com $ORIGIN . $TTL 38400 ; 10 hours 40 minutes cooklikeyourgrandmother.com IN SOA uno.gregfolkert.net. test.cooklikeyourgrandmother.com. ( 1253654062 ; serial (increment on every change) 10800 ; refresh (3 hours) 3600 ; retry (1 hour) 604800 ; expire (1 week) 38400 ; minimum (10 hours 40 minutes) ) NS uno.gregfolkert.net. ; Additional Name servers have to be configured ; for transfer in the include section. Contact Greg ; NS ns2.mydyndns.org. ; NS ns3.mydyndns.org. ; NS ns4.mydyndns.org. ; NS ns5.mydyndns.org. A 64.29.151.221 MX 10 mx1c40.carrierzone.com. MX 100 mx2c40.carrierzone.com. MX 110 mx3c40.carrierzone.com. $ORIGIN cooklikeyourgrandmother.com. ; A records * A 64.29.151.221 autodiscover A 64.29.151.217 ftp A 64.29.151.221 imap A 64.29.151.235 mail A 64.29.151.235 smtp A 64.29.151.235 webmail A 64.29.151.250 www A 64.29.151.221 ; CNAME records blog CNAME ghs.google.com. ssh CNAME shell1c40.carrierzone.com. If I can make this from that picture, you can easily make a setup in DNS made Easy. It really IS EASY. Stop thinking its "un-learn-able", it IS learn-able. If you need hand holding, let be the first ti offer to help you out. DNS is you life blood, if you can;t get reliable DNS from you hosting provider... move it somewhere else.
Post #314,924 by boxley 10/1/09 1:21:30 PM Reply	think he is talking about the actual IP routing to his stuff all the names in the world dont help if you are not sure what IP it is tied to in the back end

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