I am trying to make a name and IP address change to one of my DNS hosts. The template is filled out correctly and set to modify as opposed to new. Every time I send a template in to NetSol, it comes back: ERROR: host <newhostname.domain.com> not registered Duah! I know its not registered because I'm trying to update the current host to become the new host. The last time I did this about 7 months ago I had the same problem. I called NetSol and they pushed the change through. Now I have called and spoken to two different agents. They open up a case and say that I'm filling out the form wrong and send me a new form (which I never get). I tried to call back today and their lines are busy. Anyone have any hints to changing a host NIC record? Besides creating a new host and updating the DNS on ALL the domain names? I'd like to change this host DNS stuff sometime this year. Andy Ellifson
I am trying to make a name and IP address change to one of my DNS hosts. The template is filled out correctly and set to modify as opposed to new. Every time I send a template in to NetSol, it comes back:
ERROR: host <newhostname.domain.com> not registered
Is the domain under which this new host lives held at NSI's registrar? I got this same sort of problem a few months ago, and finally I was told by NSI that I cannot make changes to my hosts under tmcs.net using NSI's host template anymore. I must go through the current registrar for tmcs.net, which is Register.com, who was at first confused by what NSI had told me. But they figured out what to do, and made the change appear in the glue from the gTLD servers somehow. But the crsnic registry still shows the old address for c.ns.tmcs.net. So is your new host living under a domain that is held at some other registrar? You may have to go through the registrar for that domain to get a host record entered/changed. None of this makes any sense to me, by the way. It's just another symptom of a broken system if you ask me.
Duah! I know its not registered because I'm trying to update the current host to become the new host. The last time I did this about 7 months ago I had the same problem. I called NetSol and they pushed the change through. Now I have called and spoken to two different agents. They open up a case and say that I'm filling out the form wrong and send me a new form (which I never get). I tried to call back today and their lines are busy.
Anyone have any hints to changing a host NIC record? Besides creating a new host and updating the DNS on ALL the domain names? I'd like to change this host DNS stuff sometime this year.
Andy Ellifson
Quoting Mike Batchelor (mikebat@tmcs.net):
I am trying to make a name and IP address change to one of my DNS hosts. The template is filled out correctly and set to modify as opposed to new. Every time I send a template in to NetSol, it comes back:
ERROR: host <newhostname.domain.com> not registered
Is the domain under which this new host lives held at NSI's registrar? I got this same sort of problem a few months ago, and finally I was told by NSI that I cannot make changes to my hosts under tmcs.net using NSI's host template anymore.
The same thing happened to me the other day, for ns.coinet.com. All I wanted was to change the name and IP address of that currently registered host, but the response I received was the same as above. This peculiar situation did cause me much unneeded grief. Coinet.com is still at Netsol. Now, I could accomplish the same thing by registering a new host, but then I would have to manually update hundreds of domains :-) I could whip up something to automate it, but why should I have to?
I must go through the current registrar for tmcs.net, which is Register.com, who was at first confused by what NSI had told me. But they figured out what to do, and made the change appear in the glue from the gTLD servers somehow. But the crsnic registry still shows the old address for c.ns.tmcs.net.
I don't get that. All the registrars get their host info from Netsol's database, don't they? Instead of changing the name I merely changed the IP address--that at least worked--and our newly-registered domains at OpenSRS also showed the server's new IP address in WHOIS in short order. Arrgg, domain name/host registration gets more bizarre every day. We have prospective customers that have registered at this registrar, another at THAT registrar, and another at yet ANOTHER registrar. Many haven't a clue what their authentication info is. We used to not charge for transferring name service to us, but we're starting to need to now so as to get them all under ONE registry (we use OpenSRS these days), in order to keep it simple. And, we now get spammed to register here or there... Aaron
My suggestion may sound a bit harsh. Use a decent registrar. I'm quite happy with discountdomainregistry.com. My host records are updated within a matter of minutes on their whois servers, and with the next day's update at about 11am EST on the masters. Honestly, I can't understand why anyone still uses NSI or NetSol or .... Matthew Devney On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Andy Ellifson wrote:
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:39:56 -0700 From: Andy Ellifson <andy@vwsi.net> To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: NetSol Host Changes, NetSol Problems
I am trying to make a name and IP address change to one of my DNS hosts. The template is filled out correctly and set to modify as opposed to new. Every time I send a template in to NetSol, it comes back:
ERROR: host <newhostname.domain.com> not registered
Duah! I know its not registered because I'm trying to update the current host to become the new host. The last time I did this about 7 months ago I had the same problem. I called NetSol and they pushed the change through. Now I have called and spoken to two different agents. They open up a case and say that I'm filling out the form wrong and send me a new form (which I never get). I tried to call back today and their lines are busy.
Anyone have any hints to changing a host NIC record? Besides creating a new host and updating the DNS on ALL the domain names? I'd like to change this host DNS stuff sometime this year.
Andy Ellifson
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