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**Barry** · 08-24-2007, 03:27 AM

I was experiencing problems again tonight. The problem seems to be the name gets dropped by my DNS server. Not sure why. It would be interesting if Pax is also using the Exetel DNS servers.

The problem has been resolved by placing the following line in the hosts files

69.16.225.247 www.ozchess.com.au

I got the IP address by doing a whois on the domain and to get the hosting nameserver and then nslookup - ns1.vbskinworks.com and asking that server for the IP address of www.ozchess.com.au. Dialogue attached...

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>nslookup - ns1.vbskinworks.com
Default Server:  host.vbskinworks.com
Address:  69.16.225.247

> ozchess.com.au
Server:  host.vbskinworks.com
Address:  69.16.225.247

Name:    ozchess.com.au
Address:  69.16.225.247

> exit

This is an ugly fix but it works.

I note that this IP address is the same as the DNS server for the domain. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing.

08-24-2007, 03:27 AM	#14 (permalink)
Barry Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wollongong Posts: 66	I was experiencing problems again tonight. The problem seems to be the name gets dropped by my DNS server. Not sure why. It would be interesting if Pax is also using the Exetel DNS servers. The problem has been resolved by placing the following line in the hosts files 69.16.225.247 www.ozchess.com.au I got the IP address by doing a whois on the domain and to get the hosting nameserver and then nslookup - ns1.vbskinworks.com and asking that server for the IP address of www.ozchess.com.au. Dialogue attached... Code: C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>nslookup - ns1.vbskinworks.com Default Server: host.vbskinworks.com Address: 69.16.225.247 > ozchess.com.au Server: host.vbskinworks.com Address: 69.16.225.247 Name: ozchess.com.au Address: 69.16.225.247 > exit This is an ugly fix but it works. I note that this IP address is the same as the DNS server for the domain. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing.