Netspace DNS Issues

Squidley · Unread post by **Squidley** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:24 pm

recently there has been several times that the netspace DNS servers seemed to have crapped out. Fortunately this has not affected me too much.

Why do I here you ask. Well I have added the DNS servers manually to my connection. I have used the Primary as the main Netspace DNS, namely: 203.10.110.101
and then used a Secondary DNS from a different ISP.
This has worked well when one provider craps itself, because the other takes over.
try Telstra's: 139.134.5.51

only a suggestion.

Anach · Unread post by **Anach** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:48 pm

i dont run a DNS address..
why is it you always have DNS issues dude?

Squidley · Unread post by **Squidley** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:57 pm

ok, "Sometimes" the Netspace DNS servers seem to die, maybe its just the link to them in Melbourne or what ever. You can't browse. They are automatically assigned if you don't change them.

Sometimes its better to have one of each. so if the go down, but your internet link doesn't. you can still browse the internet because of the dns resolution thru the other servers IP

Anach · Unread post by **Anach** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 12:01 am

yeah but why does it happen to just you so often..

Squidley · Unread post by **Squidley** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 12:42 pm

Some stuff from the Hub:

A Personal DNS Server - "Bind-PE" can be found here:
http://ntcanuck.com/

Other Domain Name Servers are:
Current Netspace
DNS 203.10.110.99
ALt 203.10.110.101

Open Root DNS Server Listing
199.166.24.10

Emergency Use:
Trumpnet DNS: 203.17.184.11

TasGov DNS: ns1.tas.gov.au: 202.7.15.13

IHug DNS
203.109.250.50 (primary)
203.109.250.61 (secondary)

HickoryTech Internet (USA)
Primary = 216.114.192.10
Secondary = 216.114.208.186

S. Traaken · Unread post by **S. Traaken** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:23 pm

I get the odd netspace dns problem as well - thanks for all that info!

johnd · Unread post by **johnd** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:20 am

You can check to see if a particular DNS server is accessable on your network by using nslookup in win2K/XP, using the "server" command, or DIG in Linux (nslookup in linux is "depreciated", meaning it's on the way out).

Both are good tools to track down DNS problems. Here is a guide to nslookup:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=200525

...and to DIG:

http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/systems/ ... v/dig.html

DIG is the better tool, and is part of bind. Bind for most platforms can be got here:

http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/

Not a bad package is you want to setup your own local DNS caching server.

I'm surprised the Tas Gov server is available off-net, as it's supposed to be firewalled. Oh, I forgot, Telstra set up the firewall. Why am I not surprised.

S. Traaken · Unread post by **S. Traaken** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:44 pm

johnd wrote:nslookup in linux is "depreciated", meaning it's on the way out

Actually, it's deprecated. Same meaning though.

(maybe one day it won't be there - maybe...)