The Planet Forums > What IP's should I set in /etc/resolv.conf?

Vatoloco

Nov 19 2007, 03:34 PM

I'm only going to have one website on my server and I do not want to host my own DNS. My welcome e-mail told me to set my DNS to ns1.theplanet.com and ns2.theplanet.com but what IP addresses should I put for the resolvers? By default my server had 207.218.192.39 and 207.218.192.38, those seem to point to ev1servers.net though.

If it is possible I would like to use ns1.ev1servers.net/ns2.ev1servers.net as my DNS because the site I'm moving onto this server is currently pointing at those nameservers. When I ordered this new server though they set it up through the orbit login instead of the servercommand.net that my old server was on so does that mean I have to use theplanet.com nameservers now?

James Jhurani

Nov 19 2007, 06:35 PM

The email means, if you want us to host the DNS information for a particular zone, to change the primary and secondary nameservers to ns1/ns2.theplanet.com(done at your registrar). You then let us know, and we create the zone on ns1/ns2.theplanet.com.
(note: the same goes for ns1/ns2.ev1servers.net as well for legacy ev1servers customers)

This does _not_ mean to change your resolvers in /etc/resolv.conf.

Vatoloco

Nov 19 2007, 07:14 PM

Thanks. So as long as I change the nameservers via my registrar and submit a DNS change request with the planet, then I won't have any problems if I just leave the /etc/resolv.conf as it was by default, like this:

CODE

nameserver 207.218.192.39
nameserver 207.218.192.38

James Jhurani

Nov 19 2007, 07:27 PM

QUOTE (Vatoloco @ Nov 19 2007, 07:14 PM)

Thanks. So as long as I change the nameservers via my registrar and submit a DNS change request with the planet, then I won't have any problems if I just leave the /etc/resolv.conf as it was by default, like this:

CODE

nameserver 207.218.192.39
nameserver 207.218.192.38

correct!

Joor

Nov 19 2007, 10:48 PM

So why do we have to have the DNS pointed over first to ns1.theplanet.com before you will add it? Just seems like that causes downtime for people that have domains somewhere else already running. Am I not correct if you added it first than we could have everything setup on the server before hand so when it propagates there is no downtime?

James Jhurani

Nov 20 2007, 09:59 AM

QUOTE (Joor @ Nov 19 2007, 10:48 PM)

So why do we have to have the DNS pointed over first to ns1.theplanet.com before you will add it? Just seems like that causes downtime for people that have domains somewhere else already running. Am I not correct if you added it first than we could have everything setup on the server before hand so when it propagates there is no downtime?

Either way...

But if ns1/ns2.theplanet.com do not show as the authoritative nameservers after 4 days of the zone creation, it gets removed.

Vatoloco

Nov 21 2007, 04:45 PM

QUOTE (Joor @ Nov 20 2007, 04:48 AM)

So why do we have to have the DNS pointed over first to ns1.theplanet.com before you will add it? Just seems like that causes downtime for people that have domains somewhere else already running. Am I not correct if you added it first than we could have everything setup on the server before hand so when it propagates there is no downtime?

They added it for me and I haven't switched the nameservers at my registrar yet.

QUOTE (jjhurani @ Nov 20 2007, 03:59 PM)

But if ns1/ns2.theplanet.com do not show as the authoritative nameservers after 4 days of the zone creation, it gets removed.

Good to know. I guess I need to hurry up and finish transferring everything to the new server so I can switch them.

hulkster

Nov 22 2007, 08:19 AM

So jjhurani said "correct" to use this in /etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver 207.218.192.39
nameserver 207.218.192.38
which are ns{1,2}.ev1server.net ... but I've always used
nameserver 67.19.0.10
nameserver 67.19.1.10
which are theplanet equivelents.

Are either recommended over the other now?