www.whatever.com CNAME webserver.whatever.com
webserver.whatever.com CNAME alpha.whatever.com
alpha.whatever.com CNAME beta.whatever.com
beta.airnet.net A 123.123.123.123
Now this is an over simplification and would work anytime, anywhere, but if
you were crossing domains, such a virtual web hosting etc... then later
removed the A record or changed the A record then all heck would break
loose. (This according to Metainfo!) I had a problem like this and they
referred this to me. I deleted every domain/zone, started from scratch and
have had no problems in many months.
At 02:49 PM 3/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of 4 or 5 common DNS mistakes that might cause this
>sort of problem. I have been looking for troubleshooting information
>on the web or in the O'Reilly book, and haven't found much direction.
>Since I don't know all the in's and out's of DNS, I'm hoping for a few
>common config problems that look OK but cause the service to loop or
>pause randomly.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Bill
>
>----------
>> From: Michael Whisenant <mwhisen@airnet.net>
>> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> Subject: Re: More Problems with DNS stopping randomly.
>> Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 7:38 AM
>>
>> The problem that you refer to is that it is RFC compliant. Most
>likely you
>> have a configuration issue. Keep in mind that if you have a DNS
>loop, due
>> to misconfiguration that this IS likely to happen. What Metainfo and
>> Microsoft have done in their new versions is to add a timeout for the
>DNS
>> request. Since they are capable of processing multiple request and
>if each
>> gets into a routing loop looking for the correct A record then you
>will
>
>
>> slow it down so that no other request will be processed.
>>
>> At 05:29 AM 3/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> >I too have had this problem with Metainfo DNS 2.1. I have upgraded
>to
>> >the latest build 668 that helped alot, but every once and awhile I
>will
>> >still get a Dr. Watson and the service stops. You probably will not
>> >like this but my solution was to move our primary DNS to Linux and
>use
>> >bind 8.1.1. Metainfo wanted to much to upgrade me to 3.0. If
>anybody
>> >does figure out the Metainfo problem please let me know.
>> >
>> >Steve Spesard
>> >
>> >Bill Fisher wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have been battling this same problem except I use Metainfo's DNS
>> >> 2.5.
>> >> If I use NSLooup and try to bring up any domain from that DNS
>server
>> >> I
>> >> get timeouts or long pauses.
>> >>
>> >> I found one thing that I was doing wrong according to the DNS &
>Bind
>> >> book. I had multiple "A" records pointed to the same IP. I have
>> >> taken
>> >> those records out and made one "A" record pointing to the IP and
>> >> "CNAME" records pointing to the "A" record. This seems to helped,
>but
>> >>
>> >> I'm still having the problems. If anyone could shed some light
>on
>> >> either of these problems it would be much appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Bill Fisher
>> >> dns1.excelsoft.com
>> >>
>> >> ----------
>> >> > From: Beverly Wise <bev@hyper-drive.com>
>> >> > To: NTISP <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
>> >> > Subject: Problem with DNS stopping randomly.
>> >> > Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 12:59 PM
>> >> >
>> >> > We are having a problem with DNS randomly pausing then resuming.
>> >> The
>> >> > service is not stopping, it is just pausing, for about 30
>seconds
>> >> all
>> >> the
>> >> > way to 5 minutes, there are also no error messages in the event
>> >> viewer.
>> >> > Also, when this happens, there are no alarms or errors on any of
>our
>> >>
>> >> > hardware. Sometimes I can't even ping the IP of our mainserver
>when
>> >>
>> >> I am
>> >> > sitting at it doing the pinging.
>> >> >
>> >> > We are running Microsoft DNS on a Pentium II 233 with 128 M of
>RAM,
>> >> other
>> >> > hardware includes a Computone Intelliserver PowerRack, a Cisco
>1601
>> >> Router
>> >> > and an Adtran TSU/LT (CSU/DSU) If anyone has experienced this,
>or
>> >> has a
>> >> > possible solution please let me know.
>> >> >
>> >> > Beverly L. Wise
>> >> > Systems Operator
>> >> > Falls City Net Services
>> >> > http://www.fallscity.net
>> >> >
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