Help with DNS stuff

[wingtip]

I am new to dedicated servers and CPAnel/WHM and need some help setting up a domain. I am hosting a friends web site on my humble dedicated server, and I had him set his Nameservers (via Dotster) to ns1.mynameserver.com and ns2.mynameserver.com, which I have set up on my server at two different IP addresses such as:
ns1.mydomain.com = IP XX.XX.XX.X11
ns2.mydomain.com = IP XX.XX.XX.X12

(My main domain host is host.mydomain.com at IP XX.XX.XX.X10)

Ok, so I set up an account for myfriendsdomain.com, but he is not always able to get to his site. So, I went to www.dnsstuff.com and did a DNS lookup for both the DNS record and the A record. The DNS record looks like this:

Domain----------------Type--Class---TTL------------Answer
myfriendsdomain.com.----NS-----IN----XXXXXX----ns1.mydomain.com
myfriendsdomain.com.----NS-----IN----XXXXXX----ns4.mydomain.com
ns3.mydomain.com.--------A-----IN----XXXXXX----XXX.XX.XXX.XX1
ns4.mydomain.com.--------A-----IN----XXXXXX----XXX.XX.XXX.XX2

This looks ok since it reflects my name servers and the "A" records for my nameserves shows the correct IPs

However, if I do a DNS Search for "A" records for his domain, I get something like this:

Domain----------------Type--Class---TTL------------Answer
myfriendsdomain.com.---- A-----IN----XXXXXX-----XXX.XXX.XXX.XX0
myfriendsdomain.com.----NS-----IN----XXXXXX----ns4.nameresolve.com
myfriendsdomain.com.----NS-----IN----XXXXXX----ns1.nameresolve.com
myfriendsdomain.com.----NS-----IN----XXXXXX----ns2.nameresolve.com
myfriendsdomain.com.----NS-----IN----XXXXXX----ns3.nameresolve.com
ns1.nameresolve.com.-----A-- ---IN----XXXXXX----XX.XX.117.196
ns2.nameresolve.com.-----A-- ---IN----XXXXXX----XX.XX.83.77
ns3.nameresolve.com.-----A-- ---IN----XXXXXX----XX.XX.161.132
ns4.nameresolve.com.-----A-- ---IN----XXXXXX----XX.XX.121.240


The only thing that looks right is the top line which shows the IP of my friends site, which is the IP of my server, so that looks ok. But the NS lines and A record lines below that show what I think are the Dotster default Name Servers and corresponding IPs.

My fried did add the new name servers to his Dotster account and the NS record search does reflect that, so what do I need to do in WHM to correct this so the A records are correct? I'm assuming that unless the A records are right, things will not work right for his domain? Or is there something else that need to be done?

Thanks in advance for any insight

WT

 

[kernow]

Tell your friend to go to his Dotster account and remove all nameservers apart from yours.

 

[wingtip]

Tell your friend to go to his Dotster account and remove all nameservers apart from yours.

That's just it - he has! The only nameservers that show for his domain at Dotster are MY nameservers. And when we do a DNS search for NS records, it only shows my two nameservers also. Its only when we do the DNS A Record search for his domain that we see the old nameservers.

WT

 

[kernow]

It can take up to 24 hours or longer for the changes you made to take affect world wide.

 

[wingtip]

It can take up to 24 hours or longer for the changes you made to take affect world wide.

I fixed it. The problem was the DNS Zones were not set up properly in WHM. Had nothing to do with Dotster (He had changed his Name Servers over a week ago with them)

WT