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Re: web server problem

 

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 09:36:42AM +0100, Joachim Berdal Haga wrote:
> ns1.nameisp.com only returns A records for www.fenics*, not fenics*, and no
> CNAMEs either. This looks like a configuration issue, not a cache issue (since
> you're querying the authorative server, not a cacheing server), and likely
> won't go away by itself.
>
> Command line for checking:
>   for n in {www.,}fenicsproject.{com,org}; do printf $n\\t; dig $n
> @ns1.nameisp.com | grep --color ANSWER:..; done

Thanks! Why grepping for "ANSWER:.." instead of "ANSWER:"?

I'll check the DNS settings.

--
Anders


> -j.
>
>
> On 9 November 2011 13:13, 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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