custom nameserver and dns issues

[browncow]

I added a new domain name via DA named Right2know.org.

When I do nslookups and trace routes, the IP appears to resolve correctly.
However, when I go to dnsreport.com and check the domain, I get errors:

I registered ns1.browncownetworks.com as 67.53.106.5 at my registrar.
I registered ns2.browncownetworks.com as 67.53.106.6 at my registrar.

I created NS records under admin section for browncownetworks.com
I also created A records for ns1 and ns2 under the browncownetworks.com domain.

http://dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=right2know.org

ERROR. One or more of your DNS servers are missing A records (per NS records that may be cached). As a result, they cannot be used. The problem hostnames are:

ns2.browncownetworks.com. has no A record.
ns1.browncownetworks.com. has no A record.

NS FAIL NS A timeout occurred getting the NS records from your nameservers! None of your nameservers responded fast enough. They are probably down or unreachable. I can't continue since your nameservers aren't responding. If you have a Watchguard Firebox, it's due to a bug in their DNS Proxy, which must be disabled.

I think I am close to begin migrating my websites over to my new DA server once I get these custom DNS issues resolved.
Also, is there no IMAP server installed part of DA?

Thanks for the help.
Can't believe how fast DA is over Plesk 7.5, which I am trying to migrate from.

 

[browncow]

I woke up this morning and tried dnsreport.com again for my right2know.org domain and now everything is working correctly.

I already manually stopped and started named via DA when I was suspecting perhaps it wasn't picking up my changes.

Can anybody clue me in why problems would just go away without me actually doing anything?

Its been 2 days and I'm already so much happier with DA than Plesk 7.5....woohoo!

Thanks.
Hao.

 

[nobaloney]

Because DNS takes time (up to two days or so) to propagate.

You can check to see if your server accepted the change from the command line:

dig @localhost example.com

or from your windows desk/lap/top (making substitutions as necessary):

> nslookup
> server ns1.example.com
> domain.example.com

Jeff