Ooops! My domains are all down!

nate · 2009-05-25, 05:54 PM

This isnt much help right now, but going forward you might want to sepererate your nameservers from your hosts. That will allow you to just change IP adresses to the new host instead of waiting until your registrar transfers control of the DNS to the new host, then waiting while the hosts DNS propagates throughout the intertubes.

I will handily recommend using nothing but afraid.org for nameservers. It gives you utter and complete control over where your domain names point, the interface is easy to use and they resolve really quick.

Further, afraid.org is one of the genuinely free services available on the internet that hasnt turned into a spam-o-rama, and is exactly the same as it was around 1999 when I built my first naked teenager site. The guy that runs it does it because he wants to, not because he's a greedy dick of a corporation trying to angle in on a nickle or dime here and there.

I can move a domain and it will resolve to the new servers in about a half hour from the minute I decide to make the move. If its a new domain, it will resolve in 5 minutes from my experience.

Also, you can add or delete secondary nameservers as often as you see fit.

2009-05-25, 05:54 PM	#3
nate I can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merica! Posts: 543	This isnt much help right now, but going forward you might want to sepererate your nameservers from your hosts. That will allow you to just change IP adresses to the new host instead of waiting until your registrar transfers control of the DNS to the new host, then waiting while the hosts DNS propagates throughout the intertubes. I will handily recommend using nothing but afraid.org for nameservers. It gives you utter and complete control over where your domain names point, the interface is easy to use and they resolve really quick. Further, afraid.org is one of the genuinely free services available on the internet that hasnt turned into a spam-o-rama, and is exactly the same as it was around 1999 when I built my first naked teenager site. The guy that runs it does it because he wants to, not because he's a greedy dick of a corporation trying to angle in on a nickle or dime here and there. I can move a domain and it will resolve to the new servers in about a half hour from the minute I decide to make the move. If its a new domain, it will resolve in 5 minutes from my experience. Also, you can add or delete secondary nameservers as often as you see fit. __________________ Its just a jump to the left.