My wife has been using linux and presented me with a stange problem.
She has been trying to get some infomation from www,ishares.com
and has not been able to raise the site. a check with "Host" says
it deos not exist.
> cmacd@linux:~> host ishares.com
> ishares.com has address 65.205.205.213
> ishares.com mail is handled by 10 mail-rc-04.barclaysglobal.com.
> ishares.com mail is handled by 10 mail-rc-05.barclaysglobal.com.
> ishares.com mail is handled by 10 mail-sf-04.barclaysglobal.com.
> cmacd@linux:~> host www.ishares.com
> Host www.ishares.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> cmacd@linux:~>
The screwie thing is that she then fired up her old Windows 95 machine,
and managed to access the site! using the same ISP, (telecomOttawa.net)
OF couse I got an earfull about how Linux is a lot of problems when I
got home!
I am not a DNS Guru, but can anyone explain HOW she got it work on
Windows, and what I can tell the folks who own the domain to get it fixed?
Another stange data point, I tried again just now with the old NSLOOKUP
program. .. I got this once..
cmacd@linux:~> nslookup
> www.ishares.com
Server: 72.1.192.30
Address: 72.1.192.30#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.ishares.com
Address: 65.205.205.213
followed a monemt later by
> www.ishares.com
Server: 72.1.192.22
Address: 72.1.192.22#53
** server can't find www.ishares.com: NXDOMAIN
> cmacd@linux:~>
trying to just load that IP address dives me a "you are leaving
Ishares.com" page
I am copying the technical contact listed for the domain in the hopes
that they can explain this strange behavior. ANY help the OC-lug guys
can provide would be appreacted.
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Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario
cmacd [ at ] TelecomOttawa [ dot ] net Just Beyond the Fringe
http://www.TelecomOttawa.net/~cmacd/
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