I agree Howard, there must be a better way. I was considering using my
ISP to be DNS host for me, and I am still considering it.
It occurs to me that the configuration I'm now using that works and
which a few of you kindly tested is exactly the configuration I had when
I first posted to the list about this problem.
The config is it is not sane.
It defies all the docs and all of your sage advice. Further, having
gotten the .com working with the .net, then using the same dns config
and for a new entry in vhosts.conf for the .org , causes it all to come
crashing down, and nothing works.
If I config it with sane defaults... all sites stop working and instead
the login screen for my router becomes broadcast to the world. Somehow I
don't think this is supposed to happen.
I have suspected the router to be somewhat less than stellar in its
operation (it uses asp after all), and wonder if it is causing
conflicts? The reason I ask is, while I may be rusty, this is working
out like I was a complete ham fisted hack. Yes DNS and Vhosts are
somewhat complicated, but this is getting beyond stupid (or I am).
I also know this isn't right as the php breadcrumb trail on my site is
still broken, and it depends on proper resolution.
I am finding this all rather disappointing and frustrating.
Howard Krakower wrote:
Somehow it seems to me that there must be an easier way - I have a
number of domains that I host on my server, and I've never been
through all this. At one time I set up an NT3.51 box with 15 IP's, and
two of them were considered as DNS servbers (primary and secondary).
Then I osted my own DNS. Later, I switched to a linux box and had the
DNS handled by my ISP (Trytel, now Ottawa Telecom). Further down the
road, I'm now using leased machines in a datacenter, and I log into
their DNS server to make the changes I need. My linux servers are
running RH8 and Plesk 7.1 as a control panel. It's a no-brainer, and
best of all, i don't get calls telling me that my server is off when
my router dropped. The added benefit is that I have great bandwidth
and I serve pages at the same speed as any of the major players. The
cost is actually less to use a datacenter than it was to run the
server out of my house.
Howard