getting Domain name to point to server

[harveyDOV]

Hi,

I have set up a test 10.5.2 server at home. I have a static IP address of which on an external 3g data card i can enter my static IP address and see the website hosted on the server.

I have a domain name hosted through enom.com where I have created two ns records, ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com both pointing to the same static IP address. I have then set the dns for the domain to the ns1/2.domain.com. If I run a lookup on the ns1/2.domain.com on network-tools.com it resoves the correct IP address.

When I access domain.com in the browser, I get Address not found. Am I just being impatiant or is there another step I need to complete?

[khiltd]

Did you create an A record for domain.com or just NS records?

[DoubleD]

When I access domain.com in the browser, I get Address not found. Am I just being impatiant or is there another step I need to complete?

Is Apache running and configured? Does a test page appear when visiting either http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 from the server?

[harveyDOV]

Well after all this time since updating the DNS my situation remains as the following:-

Internally:-

– http://www.domain.com is ok
– server.domain.com is ok
– Server IP address OK.

Externally :-

– http://www.domain,com NOT ok
– domain.com NOT ok
– nameserver.domain.com has worked, but not now
– Static IP Address always works

I’m still confused about it all!!! Router must have correct ports open to be able to access it via the static IP so it’s a problem with what I have done on enom or with the DNS on the server! What is the best way to set up the DNS on the server e.g. current setup:-

Primary Zone – domain.com.
Machine Name advandced.domain.com. –> Internal IP
Alias – domain.com. –> advandced.domain.com.
Alias – http://www.domain.com. –> advandced.domain.com.

I have has the two alias’ set up as A records as well as CNAME’s. Whats the best way, should I add anything else?

[DoubleD]

One thing I would then suggest is to run the dig command from a terminal session both from the server and externally. In the returned results, do non-routable ip addresses appear?

Non-routable ips would be in the ranges of:
10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255

Example output of dig command:

$ dig afp548.com

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> afp548.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28034
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;afp548.com.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
afp548.com.		300	IN	A	66.253.230.121

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
afp548.com.		40356	IN	NS	ns3.domaindirect.com.
afp548.com.		40356	IN	NS	ns1.domaindirect.com.
afp548.com.		40356	IN	NS	ns2.domaindirect.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.domaindirect.com.	27741	IN	A	216.40.47.70
ns2.domaindirect.com.	27741	IN	A	64.97.159.12
ns3.domaindirect.com.	40019	IN	A	65.22.7.12

;; Query time: 69 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.2#53(10.0.0.2)
;; WHEN: Mon Jun  2 09:24:11 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 159

If so, those addresses need to be changed to use your external address(es).

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