[afnog] DNS reach ability

[Geert Jan de Groot]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:44:55 +0300  "Mike Barnard" wrote:
> one of my name servers does secondary for .UG and i have been trying to get
> my address changed at the root servers since we migrated to a new network
> block with no avail.
> IANA tell me that my name server is unreachable and this change cannot take
> place until that is rectified.
> can you please check for me if you can access it from out there, if it
> answers authoritatively for .UG..... all tests i have done using DNS tools
> on the net respond with positive results.

You may want to tell which nameserver (and which IP?) you
want to have tested. In any case, from the Netherlands:

[berserkly] ~ $host -C ug.
ug                      NS      ns.ripe.net
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006060110 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
ug                      NS      ns.icann.org
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006060110 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
ug                      NS      ns.one2net.co.ug
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006053117 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
 !!! ns.one2net.co.ug and ns.icann.org have different serial for ug
ug                      NS      web.eahd.or.ug
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006060110 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
 !!! web.eahd.or.ug and ns.one2net.co.ug have different serial for ug
ug                      NS      demon.mtn.co.ug
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006060110 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
ug                      NS      ns-ug.ripe.net
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006060110 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
ug                      NS      ns-ext.vix.com
web.eahd.or.ug  beg_g.eahd.or.ug        (2006053112 86400 3600 2592000 14400)
 !!! ns-ext.vix.com and ns-ug.ripe.net have different serial for ug

The serial numbers do go up fast it seems,

The above list probably does not list your new IP - please post
the new IP and we can re-test.

Geert Jan