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[Douglas Arnold <arnold@xxxxxxx>]

That was supposed to be
"Both www.fenicsproject.org and just fenicsproject.org are working for me"
not "Bother www.fenicsproject.org ..."  Sorry!

On 11/09/2011 12:59 PM, Douglas Arnold wrote:
> Bother www.fenicsproject.org and just fenicsproject.org are working for me
> now. (BTW, sorry for the typo in my first note about this where
> I accidentally mentioned www.fenics.org. I of course was referring
> to www.fenicsproject.org.)
>
>
> On 11/09/2011 10:26 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
> > You mean this is a local issue?
> >
> > I still don't see why the service should be disrupted. The new DNS was
> > started by the new provider and I didn't tell the old to stop. Both
> > point to the same server.
> >
> > Anyway, it's working for me now (in Sweden), both fenicsproject.org
> > and fenicsproject.com (which is one of a range of new addresses that I
> > have registered just in case).
> >
> > Can people from various locations report whether things are working?
> >
> > Something that's still not working is fenicsproject.org (without the
> > www) but I think that's something we (i.e. Harish) need to configure
> > locally.
> >
> > --
> > Anders
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 07:57:43AM -0600, Andy Ray Terrel wrote:
> > > So usually when changing your DNS records you need to lower the time
> > > out to something small like 2 hours. Usually its set for a week or
> > > month. My guess is you have a bad DNS record and can flush your dns
> > > cache (worked for me at least).
> > >
> > > https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/272
> > >
> > > -- Andy
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Anders Logg<logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 10:26:39PM -0600, Douglas Arnold wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It seems that www.fenics.org is not working. For at least several hours, I
> > > > > cannot get to it (although I can reach it at http://communalis.simula.no/www.fenicsproject.org).
> > > >
> > > > The reason for this is that I have moved the domain name to a new
> > > > registrar because of billing problems with the old one, and yesterday
> > > > the new registrar activated DNS for fenicsproject.org. I've been in
> > > > contact with them and they claim everything is configured correctly
> > > > and it seems to be as far as I can tell.
> > > >
> > > > What I think is the problem right now is that the old registrar is
> > > > still sending out DNS information which is confusing the DNS system.
> > > > I've asked them to stop.
> > > >
> > > > I've used nslookup to try to diagnose the problem and here's the
> > > > current results using different combinations of DNS servers and addresses:
> > > >
> > > > Old DNS (bahnhof):
> > > >
> > > > ns1.bahnhof.net ns2.bahnhof.net
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > fenicsproject.org REFUSED WORKS
> > > > www.fenicsproject.org REFUSED WORKS
> > > > fenicsproject.com REFUSED NO ANSWER
> > > > www.fenicsproject.com REFUSED NO ANSWER
> > > >
> > > > New DNS (nameisp):
> > > >
> > > > ns1.nameisp.info ns2.nameisp.info
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > fenicsproject.org NO ANSWER NO ANSWER
> > > > www.fenicsproject.org WORKS WORKS
> > > > fenicsproject.com NO ANSWER NO ANSWER
> > > > www.fenicsproject.com WORKS WORKS
> > > >
> > > > Anyone knows this stuff, please help me out diagnosing the problems or
> > > > confirm the above, using nslookup or some other tool. Here's a short
> > > > list of instructions:
> > > >
> > > > $ nslookup
> > > > > server ns1.nameisp.info
> > > > > www.fenicsproject.org
> > > >
> > > > etc.
> > > >
> > > > > I am planning to present FEniCS to a class in 11 hours, so I hope it
> > > > > will be back!
> > > >
> > > > I'm very sorry for the bad timing...
> > > >
> > > > In the meantime, just use the IP address:
> > > >
> > > > http://128.39.36.31
> > > >
> > > > Then click 'www.fenicsproject.org'.
> > > >
> > > >
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