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"Ace Fekay [MVP]" <PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<OouiKjRzEHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> In news:47d2043d.0411150605.69ddfa4c@posting.google.com,
> Mendelson <google@mendelsonline.com> made a post then I commented below
> > As far as I know the hosting company does not change the IP address.
> > The IP address is question is 64.135.42.157 (that translate to
> > lkbcpa.com).
> >
> > We have a www pointer in the Forward Lookup Zone, and this had been
> > working for 9 months without a problem. What all of the sudden could
> > cause this.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Tina
>
> Sorry it took so long to respond.
>
> Can you ping www.lkbcpa.com ? I pinged it and it can reply. Curious if you
> can.
> If not, ping 64.135.42.157 and see if you can get a reply please.
> If you can ping the IP and not the name, than I'm going to assume DNS
> resolution from the internal server is not working. Can you ping anything
> else internally by FQDN, such as your domain controller: dcname.ikbcpa.com?
> Does that respond?
>
> Are all your machines only using your internal DNS server? They should be
> only using your internal server and no others. I'm assuming this
> configuration and you have a forwarder configured to your ISP, as best
> practice dictates.
>
> If you try nslookup, see if it will respond, such as:
> c:\>nslookup
> > www.lkbcpa.com
> Server: ns03.toresd01.pa.comcast.net
> Address: 68.80.0.12
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name: lkbcpa.com
> Address: 64.135.42.157
> Aliases: www.lkbcpa.com
>
> Ok, also, these are the usual questions I ask if somethings been working for
> a long time, then all of a suddent it stops working:
>
> What has changed recently?
> Was anything installed on any of the machines recently, specifically the DNS
> server, or anything else for that matter?
> What sort of connection do you have? T1? ADSL? SDSL? Cable?
> Has anything changed on the router?
> Firewall rules altered?
> Are there any other websites not accessible?
>
> Ace
Ace
Thank you very much. The problem was external and not with the
configuration of the server. Again thank you for all your ideas.
Tina