I have been using a free DNS service for the past seven (7) years. This morning, at 4 A.M., , I changed the "A" record for one of my web sites, to point to an IP address on a different server, so I could test. After watching the TTL count down from 3600 to zero, with the "dig" command, it then reset to 3600, but still resolved to the original IP address. :-) I set the "A" record back to the original IP address and filed a Support Ticket with that company, but if they cannot get this to work properly again, I need a new DNS service that is free. Recommendations? (BTW, the Domain is registered with GoDaddy, but not hosted there, so it appears I cannot use their "Total DNS" service). TIA! Lanny Magazine subscriptions Largest discount Credit/Debit Card Check PayPal http://www.lowcostmagazines.com/
On 1/17/2010 7:22 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote:> I have been using a free DNS service for the past seven (7) years. > This morning, at 4 A.M., , I changed the "A" record for one of my web > sites, to point to an IP address on a different server, so I could > test. After watching the TTL count down from 3600 to zero, with the > "dig" command, it then reset to 3600, but still resolved to the > original IP address. :-) I set the "A" record back to the original > IP address and filed a Support Ticket with that company, but if they > cannot get this to work properly again, I need a new DNS service that > is free. Recommendations? (BTW, the Domain is registered with > GoDaddy, but not hosted there, so it appears I cannot use their "Total > DNS" service). TIA! > > Lanny > Magazine subscriptions Largest discount Credit/Debit Card Check PayPal > http://www.lowcostmagazines.com/ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >Why not your own dns of the box? I use godaddy to point traffic to my server and it does dns for my domains on it's own...i am using virtualmin. I don't know which free dns service you are using now. I don't know if opendns allows that kind of flexibility. dyndns might work(unless that's who youa re using now). everydns is now owned by dyn..
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:> I have been using a free DNS service for the past seven (7) years. > This morning, at 4 A.M., , ?I changed the "A" record for one of my web > sites, ?to point to an IP address on a different server, so I could > test. After watching the TTL count down from 3600 to zero, with the > "dig" command, ?it then reset to 3600, but still resolved to the > original IP address. ?:-) ? I set the "A" record back to the original > IP address and ?filed a Support Ticket with that company, but if they > cannot get this to work properly again, I need a new DNS service that > is free. Recommendations? ?(BTW, the Domain is registered with > GoDaddy, but not hosted there, so it appears I cannot use their "Total > DNS" service). ?TIA!I have used freedns.afraid.org without any issues. But it's strictly for personal use. They even have pretty good support for updating dynamic addresses. -- Jeff
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:> I have been using a free DNS service for the past seven (7) years. > This morning, at 4 A.M., , ?I changed the "A" record for one of my web > sites, ?to point to an IP address on a different server, so I could > test. After watching the TTL count down from 3600 to zero, with the > "dig" command, ?it then reset to 3600, but still resolved to the > original IP address. ?:-) ? I set the "A" record back to the original > IP address and ?filed a Support Ticket with that company,William and Jeff: Thank you for your replies and the information you gave me! I am hoping the current DNS service will resolve this issue, but, if not, then I will need to change to another DNS service, so I want to have a "Plan B". Looking at the web site of zoneedit it looks pretty serious, so going to zoneedit may be "Plan B". "Plan A", staying with the current DNS service is the best for me, if they resolve the issue.
On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 07:22 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:> (BTW, the Domain is registered with > GoDaddy, but not hosted there, so it appears I cannot use their "Total > DNS" service).Look again. I have a half-dozen domain names registered with Godaddy that live on my webserver and they are all set up under Total DNS Control. Never had any problems with it. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:> > On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 07:22 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> (BTW, the Domain is registered with >> GoDaddy, but not hosted there, so it appears I cannot use their "Total >> DNS" service). > > Look again. ?I have a half-dozen domain names registered with Godaddy > that live on my webserver and they are all set up under Total DNS > Control. > > Never had any problems with it.Frank: Thank you! I will look again! Currently the DNS is on mydomain.com and hopefully can stay there, but, if not, GoDaddy would be the easiest place to put the DNS for the 2 domains that are registered with GoDaddy.
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:42:44AM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:> Looking at the web site of zoneedit it looks pretty serious, so going > to zoneedit may be "Plan B". "Plan A", staying with the current DNS > service is the best for me, if they resolve the issue.I have used zoneedit for some small, low-DNS traffic domains, for many years without problems. If you have a ton of DNS traffic, you can still use zoneedit but they may charge you. Their price structure is here: http://zoneedit.com/doc/faq.html#faq13 --keith -- kkeller at speakeasy.net
> > I have been using a free DNS service for the past seven (7) years. > This morning, at 4 A.M., , I changed the "A" record for one > of my web sites, to point to an IP address on a different > server, so I could test. After watching the TTL count down > from 3600 to zero, with the "dig" command, it then reset to > 3600, but still resolved to the > original IP address. :-) I set the "A" record back to the original > IP address and filed a Support Ticket with that company, but > if they cannot get this to work properly again, I need a new > DNS service that is free. Recommendations? (BTW, the Domain > is registered with GoDaddy, but not hosted there, so it > appears I cannot use their "Total DNS" service). TIA! > > LannyLanny, there are "many" other factors involved in DNS and it's distribution & usage... one thing is that virtually every machine has it's own resolver and typically a cache of some sort... it is early so i may not be using specifically precise terms... so, when you make a dns change properly on a serving system, it still has to get distributed and that doesnt mean that every machine that has a resolver or cache has changed at that instant... it can take more time than you expecetd... until the cache in the resolver on that system is updated, changed, flushed, refreshed, whatever etc... it doesnt need to go get an update... example only: so, like on a windwos box, you can down the ethernet and bring it back up and walla walla! on linux boxes, there are various things you can do there... exercise left up to the reader - rh