DNS question

[Terry Tanski]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> 
>    I'm a little stumped by a problem I am having...
> 
>    Is there something special you need to do when adding a DNS entry for 
> a domain to specify a certain sub domain as an NS server? I'm trying to 
> create:
> 
> ns1.domain.com
> ns2.domain.com
> 
>    I tried adding:
> 
> ns1	A	111.222.33.45
> ns2	A	111.222.33.46
> 
>    and then:
> 
> ns1	NS	111.222.33.45
> ns2	NS	111.222.33.46
> 
>    But both times my registrar refused to recognize 'ns{1|2}.domain.com' 
> as valid name servers. I did make sure that the time to live had expired 
> between updates, by the way.
> 
>    Is there something I am missing to "properly" register a domain/IP 
> address as a name server? I've got BIND9 running and answering queries 
> properly so unless I've missed something, I am stumped.

Are you positive that ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com are 
authoritative for domain.com?

Terry

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