Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: friendklay
Posted on: 2006-03-15 07:35:00

I have registered a new domain, kundanchhabra.us, and have updated the nameservers to be ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com and ns3.dreamhost.com. This information has already propagated as seen by http://www.whois.sc/kundanchhabra.us

And I can also check on dnsstuff.com, to see that my nameservers are indeed ns[1-3].dreamhost.com. The website dnsstuff.com reports that the name servers failed. This is funny because, I have other domains using DH nameservers. They work fine. So what's different about a .us domain name?

Re: Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: scjessey
Posted on: 2006-03-15 07:50:00

I have the same problem with a domain I have pointed yesterday morning.

Re: Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: stevex
Posted on: 2006-03-15 08:46:00

Same problem here; I submitted a support request this morning, haven't heard what's up yet.

Re: Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: norm1037
Posted on: 2006-03-15 09:30:00

Looks as if that DNS database problem is still current. I too am waiting for a .co.uk to re-appear back into the land of the living.
I worry about all the spam I could be losing. wink

Re: Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: friendklay
Posted on: 2006-03-15 10:32:00

So this is common among the less common TLDs such as .us and co.uk? Or does it effect .com/.org/.net as well? Since I have .net and .com on DH, and it's not effected.

Re: Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: scjessey
Posted on: 2006-03-15 10:37:00

In reply to:

So this is common among the less common TLDs such as .us and co.uk?


I think the problem is more likely to cover all domains, but specifically to domains that are just now being pointed to the DreamHost nameservers. I have quite a number of existing domains (of all types) that a working just fine.

Re: Dreamhost DNS not working properly?

Posted by: norm1037
Posted on: 2006-03-15 11:29:00

No I think it is just a general DNS database problem. I actually moved a .com .org and .co.uk three days ago and they were fully functioning within a few hours. Quicker than I expected in fact.
It'll be interesting to see if DNS caches get refreshed when ...

Oh! my .co.uk just sprang to life and dnsreport acknowledges it is alive...more or less smile

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