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 Wow!
In political double-speak: "So much winning!"
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This past Friday out of the blue, I was alerted that one of our hosted websites was 'down'. A quick check revealed that it was reachable with the static IP, pointing to a DNS issue. To double-check I tried it from a remote server and got the same results. WTE? It was working fine the day before.
I logged in to the registrar to make sure the domain name/account was still in good standing and it was. As it turns out, both of the name servers were unreachable. I hate changing these settings, so I put it off for the day hoping that it was just a temporary outage.
The next morning I checked again,.. still not working so I decided since it's the weekend, to go ahead and swap the unreachable name servers for a new pair and it's all working again, almost instantly in fact, despite the huge warning in big red font that changes will take from 24 to 36 hours.
If anyone else is using dynamicname.com name servers, you should check your stuff. I had hoped they would have 'resolved' their issues quickly but 2 days was too long for me to wait.
When I get a problem like this, it's just natural to understand what happened to cause it and what can I do to keep it from happening again. So here, I see the weakness as having both name servers at the same domain...but (someone please correct me if I'm wrong!) that seems to be the rule. I searched through a dozen or so articles for guidance. All of the examples show the ns differing only by the server name. (domain staying constant) This seems to make sense as I would think there is a local cache between the primary and secondary's, but I'm a programmer, not a network specialist! 
So I've got it working with the registrar's recommended named servers, which are just sequenced names to the same domain. If that domain goes down, I'll be in the same situation as before. Is it OK for me to use another registrar's (or even Googles') DNS as a secondary? (or just add it to the chain) Probably not, but I can't seem to find a source that tells me it can't be done. BTW, the original name servers setup for that domain had been reliable for 20+ years, so it's not like it's a common thing.
This answers last week's survey...'Who does your IT support?'
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Not an expert here but if both are pointing to the host site why not change the second one to googles DNS server?
I mean - if your DNS is down - that's bad. If Googles DNS is also down - then access to your site is probably the least of your(and our) worries!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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And you refer this or what? The Lounge[^]
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yes 
modified 3-Jun-21 21:01pm.
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Yesterday we went for a walk in the woods near the "Hans & Grietje" (Hansel & Gretel) restaurant, but that turned out to be a bad idea. The restaurant was closed of course, which was to be expected, and after the heavy rainfall of the last weeks the grounds were very muddy.
The first part was ok with a nice concrete path, but then we decided to take a shortcut back and got into muddy terrain.
Our progress was slow, but after hours of plowing through the mud we finally got back to the starting point.
Luckily it did not rain and we managed to get back before dark, and did not fall into the hands of a cannibalistic witch, phew 
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You should have dropped stones along the way as markers.
(Bread didn't work that well, as I recall the story)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Or even better: get stoned
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That's nice everywhere except the Middle East.
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Rumour has it that you can get some very good marijuana in this part of the world.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Classic! 
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we don't all eat people, but i can understand why some of us do. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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The thing is, for that who would deserve to be eaten alive... you will need a big amount of medicie against stomach ache  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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honey the codewitch wrote: we don't all eat people, but i can understand why some of us do.
Real programmers use butterflies
Yeah, I have heard that insects are high in protein.
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trønderen wrote: Yeah, I have heard that insects are high in protein.
I still prefer bacon  
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I let my dog pick a route (from home). Found out too late once she doesn't always know where's she's going and wound up on the wrong side of a creek. An hour detour through shoulder-high swampy grass. I thought: If there's quicksand here, the dog won't find her way out, etc.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Many years ago, we started a hike over a mountain in NH (Waterville Valley to the Kancamagus Highway) too late in the day. Fortunately, I had a flashlight and managed to keep finding the trail, which included creek crossings. We were lucky not to get benighted. 
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Debbie, Entebbie, Schlebbie ...
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Shortcuts - wonderful things they are.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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CodeProject can now legally order a drink south of the border (in the USA).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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