[sf-lug] DNS, testing/troubleshooting ... (Re: Looks great, thanks! Re: linuxmafia.com/svlug.org DNS slaves for sf-lug.{com, org}! :-))

[Michael Paoli]

> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
> Subject: DNS, testing/troubleshooting ... (Re: Looks great, thanks!  
> Re: linuxmafia.com/svlug.org DNS slaves for sf-lug.{com,org}!  :-))
> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:15:25 -0700

> $ dig +nssearch sf-lug.com.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600  
> 10800 from server 198.144.194.12 in 14 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600  
> 10800 from server 208.96.15.252 in 16 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600  
> 10800 from server 64.62.190.98 in 19 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600  
> 10800 from server 72.249.38.88 in 56 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600  
> 10800 from server 198.144.195.186 in 2024 ms.
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> $ dig +nssearch sf-lug.org.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
> from server 64.62.190.98 in 14 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
> from server 198.144.194.12 in 15 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
> from server 208.96.15.252 in 23 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
> from server 72.249.38.88 in 60 ms.
> SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
> from server 198.144.195.186 in 393 ms.
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> $
>
> Hmmm...
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> I'll likely investigate further if that persists (I have guess(es) as to
> what it may be).  Perhaps someone *besides* myself or Rick Moen would
> first like to take a stab at it and determine why it's indicating
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> and what is or may (presumably) be awry.
> Some random data points which may and/or may not be relevant (leaving it
> as an exercise at least for now):
> I noticed the two dig(1) commands exited with a non-zero exit value.
> Changes may soon be afoot for DNS master server(s) for sf-lug.com.
> and/or sf-lug.org.

Dang, over 24 hours and nobody else took a stab at it and posted to the
list?  Anyway, some hints:
$ dig -4 sf-lug.com. +nssearch
SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600 10800  
from server 64.62.190.98 in 13 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600 10800  
from server 198.144.194.12 in 15 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600 10800  
from server 208.96.15.252 in 21 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600 10800  
from server 72.249.38.88 in 63 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.com. jim.well.com. 2015072000 10800 3600 1209600 10800  
from server 198.144.195.186 in 76 ms.
$ dig -4 sf-lug.org. +nssearch
SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
from server 64.62.190.98 in 16 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
from server 198.144.194.12 in 17 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
from server 208.96.15.252 in 26 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
from server 72.249.38.88 in 63 ms.
SOA ns1.sf-lug.org. jim.well.com. 113020527 10800 3600 1209600 3600  
from server 198.144.195.186 in 79 ms.
$