Ok, a few things you need in order to be recognized by the world of the 'net:
1. Your name servers need to be referenced by the top level domain. (eg. Internic) You can tell this by doing a whois on your domain. (without www or anything attached to it) 2. Make sure you can resolve your name from within your own network. (which you have done) 3. If you have a dynamic IP... make sure that hasn't changed. If you've just registered your domain name then it normally takes a little while to get it recognized to the outside world. The database updates are slow. (Sometimes taking up to a week) So if all that checks out, then just wait a couple days and try again. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: DNS Help Needed > Basically, I'm trying to host my own domain name from my Redhat 7.3 Linux > box. I've reached the point where I can type my url (www.roskopp.com) from > my Redhat box and hit the website no problem. If I do a "dig www.roskop.com" > all the right information appears...life is wonderful. > > However, on the other side of the fence(external machines) I can't reach > www.roskopp.com. "nslookup www.roskop.com" reveals "DNS request timed out". > I do have a router AND have all port 53 & 80 requests forwarded to my linux > box so I don't think that is an issue. > > My zone file for roskop.com.zone looks as follows: > > > $TTL 86400 > @ IN SOA ns1.roskop.com. shannonwicks.hotmail.com ( > 200206111 ; serial > 28800 ; refresh > 7200 ; retry > 604800 ; expire > 86400 ; ttl > ) > > > @ IN NS ns1 > > localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 > ns1 IN A 24.81.XXX.33 > www IN A 24.81.XXX.33 > > And my resolv.conf file looks as follows: > > search 127.0.0.1 ns1.roskop.com cg.shawcable.net > nmeserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver 24.81.XXX.33 > nameserver 24.71.XXX.144 > nameserver 24.71.XXX.145 > > Any reasons why I can reach the DNS locally, but not from an external > machine? > > Thanks in advance > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
