testy.littleville.com

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 17, 2003). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

I’ve been having an odd problem that I’ve noticed in the past, but am just now starting to attempt to track down, in that my server keeps insisting that its domain name is ‘testy.littleville.com’ rather than ‘www.djwudi.com’. Here’s a copy of the nslookup results for djwudi.com…

Server: dsl231-041-022.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net
Address: 216.231.41.22

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: djwudi.com
Address: 216.231.44.57

…and one for the nslookup results for the server’s IP address…

Server: dsl231-041-022.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net
Address: 216.231.41.22

Name: testy.littleville.com
Address: 216.231.44.57

I spent some time trying to track down where that particular domain name was coming from (configuration files on my server? oddness with speakeasy.net, ZoneEdit [who handle my DNS services ], or MicroMax Information Services [who I registered my domain through ]?) with no luck until I did a whois on the littleville.com domain and got the following:

Domain Name: LITTLEVILLE.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS2.SPEAKEASY.NET
Name Server: NS1.SPEAKEASY.NET
Status: ACTIVE
Updated Date: 11-mar-2003
Creation Date: 23-jul-1999
Expiration Date: 23-jul-2008

Odd, as I haven’t ever dealt directly with Network Solutions. So, at a loss as to whether or not there’s anything that I can do to solve this, I’ve sent a plea for help with all of the above information to both Network Solutions and Speakeasy.net. Hopefully this gets resolved soon — it doesn’t seem to cause major issues, but it has bit me a couple times during my setup process, and I’d be much happier if my machine knew what its name was!

Update: Turns out it was a simple tweak on Speakeasy’s end:

Speakeasy controls the reverse DNS entries on all of its IP space. When an IP is reclaimed and assigned to a new customer the reverse IP is not updated to the Speakeasy standard.

I have made the needed changes to reflect your domain.

These changes will take effect and begin propagating during our next nameserver update/reload. This happens six times daily, at 11, 3 and 7 pm and am pst.

By the time I got home and found the e-mail, the change had gone through, and my server now correctly identifies itself as djwudi.com. Rock on — thanks, Speakeasy!