dns troubles

[cvenom96]

I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 using ISPConfig. I followed the tutorial here http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.10. I set this up on two machines and I had no problems getting into ispconfig. I then worked through this tutorial on running my own dns servers http://www.howtoforge.com/ispconfig_dns_godaddy with the only exception being I am not using godaddy as my registrar. After an initial goof of running the primary and secondary servers on the same machine, I was able to run dig @ns1.hostmyvids.com any hostmyvids.com and here are my results:

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> @ns1.hostmyvids.com any hostmyvids.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47023
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hostmyvids.com. IN ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hostmyvids.com. 86400 IN SOA ns1.hostmyvids.com. admin.hostmyvids.com. 2007010205 28800 7200 604800 86400
hostmyvids.com. 86400 IN NS ns1.hostmyvids.com.
hostmyvids.com. 86400 IN NS ns2.hostmyvids.com.
hostmyvids.com. 86400 IN MX 10 mail.hostmyvids.com.
hostmyvids.com. 86400 IN A 72.151.8.188

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.hostmyvids.com. 86400 IN A 72.151.8.188

;; Query time: 12 msec
;; SERVER: 72.151.8.189#53(72.151.8.189)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 3 07:59:04 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 163

However, I am not consistently able to dig these records. I was just able to run dig @ns1.hostmyvids.com any www.hostmyvids.com and got some info back but, when I tried using mail.hostmyvids.com, I got ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> @ns1.hostmyvids.com any mail.hostmyvids.com

; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

Any ideas as to why it is sporadically working?

[cvenom96]

I just wanted to mention that it has only been about 24 hours since I got the name servers changed with the registrar. Maybe about 12 hours since I got things straightened out on my dns servers.

[falko]

It's still not working:

mh1:~# dig hostmyvids.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> hostmyvids.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 16596
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hostmyvids.com.                        IN      A

;; Query time: 179 msec
;; SERVER: 81.169.163.104#53(81.169.163.104)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan  4 15:27:59 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 32

mh1:~# dig ns hostmyvids.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns hostmyvids.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 27313
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hostmyvids.com.                        IN      NS

;; Query time: 290 msec
;; SERVER: 81.169.163.104#53(81.169.163.104)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan  4 15:28:05 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 32

mh1:~# dig any hostmyvids.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> any hostmyvids.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 7392
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hostmyvids.com.                        IN      ANY

;; Query time: 124 msec
;; SERVER: 81.169.163.104#53(81.169.163.104)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan  4 15:28:14 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 32

I think the problem is that you need a glue record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns#Cir...d_glue_records

[cvenom96]

Thanks I'll try that.