RE: [FreeDNS] my nameservers can't be found !!

["Postmaster" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6 Jul 2003 at 22:23, Jan Bester wrote:

> I've experienced some similar problems where it just won't see the
> nameservers of the company that I work for.  Even after it's already
> been set up, and I just ask for a modification to be made.  I dunno if
> ZA Nic doesn't 'see' the servers coz of some obscurity along the way or
> what is going on, but if someone can find a viable solution I'd also be
> much obliged.
> 
> Btw, thanks for pointing that out Craig.  I'm not the very best with DNS
> but I am learning.

Something to think about, but I may be completely off track here.

What is the connectivity of the elshost.com network like? Over here 
(on a sadly overloaded leased line in Port Elizabeth) I have noticed 
that DNS lookups can be a bit inconsistent at times. Chances are that 
this inconsistency is due to the fact that DNS is mainly UDP based 
and UDP is not a guaranteed service protocol. If the connection is 
lossy some UDP packets (like DNS queries or responses) get lost.

I do notice that both elshost.com DNS servers seem to be on the same 
network, if at all possible it may be a good idea to get another one 
on a different network. not always easy I know, I've been looking for 
a machine off-site to act as ???-dns.preciseic.net for quite a while 
now (Had a us1-dns.preciseic.net for a while, but the host went 
bust).

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Andy Kruger, andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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