[wellylug] Just discovered server is not serving up pages

[John Durham]

On 31/12/2010 10:29 p.m., Dagan McGregor wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 17:12 +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 16:23 +1300, John Durham wrote:
>>> On 31/12/2010 2:13 p.m., John Durham wrote:
>>>> I'm sure the server is in good order. It's mainly a matter of
>>>>>> redirecting traffic to it. At the moment I have decided to try using
>>>>>> kiwi host (as it is easier to trade in $NZ). If I'm correct about
>>>>>> this, once the IP information is registered, the problem should be over.
>>>>>>
>
>   I think what John is referring to here is getting the DNS registration
> updated to point DNS A record for modecideas.com to 121.73.82.180 -
> which would make sense if he was talking to Kiwi Host about it.
>
>>
>> > From my cable connection, I can ping and tcptraceroute both ips. It
>> looks like the .1 address is the address of the router, and the .180
>> address goes via a Telstra-provided vpn - to the same box?
>
>   It's more likely the .1 is the modem is a cable gateway, and the .180
> is the actual modem/router address serving the traffic.
>
>   I believe the original problem of not seeing the website at all, is as
> Mark pointed out, because traffic wasn't getting through the .180
> address to the server hosting the website.
>
>   One the DNS update is done, it should all work as expected.
>
>   Dagan
You may be right, but I'm not sure how to do the update.

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