What am I missing?

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cmelcher

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My domain name won't resolve, and I can't figure out what I'm missing. Can anyone help?

Domain: caseymelcher.com
Host: phoenix.caseymelcher.com
IP: 208.84.148.100
OS: FC 8

Nameservers:
ns1.caseymelcher.com --> 208.84.148.100 (server primary)
ns2.caseymelcher.com --> 208.84.151.82

Domain
caseymelcher.com --> ns1.caseymelcher.com & ns2.caseymelcher.com

NMAP shows port 53 is open

Named is running with pid 18170

whois reports the above domain and glue records.

The old record pointed to another DNS, but it's already propagated across the net.

Bind is freshly updated

dig times out when using my DNS
ns1 & ns2 can be pinged successfully.

DirectAdmin DNS Settings
caseymelcher.com. A 208.84.148.100
ftp A 208.84.148.100
localhost A 127.0.0.1
mail A 208.84.148.100
ns1.caseymelcher.com. A 208.84.148.100
ns2.caseymelcher.com. A 208.84.151.82
pop A 208.84.148.100
smtp A 208.84.148.100
www A 208.84.148.100
caseymelcher.com. NS ns1.caseymelcher.com.
caseymelcher.com. NS ns2.caseymelcher.com.
mail MX 10
caseymelcher.com. TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:208.84.148.100 ?all"

Why is DA not feeding out my page?
 
Under Domain Registrar control panel - did you set up evrything correctly? New nameservers, IP-s and hosts?
 
Yes. The info under nameservers and domain is what is on record with the registrar. A whois confirms it.

I'm guessing it has something to do with BIND, but I have no idea what the problem may be.
 
Is named running?
Any errors in the messages log when you try to start it?
Is the firewall blocking port 53?
Is named listening on the ip addresses?
 
Yep. Named starts and runs without any errors. NMAP shows that port 53 is open and listening.

UPDATE - I changed my domain to point back at my old servers now. I've had so many problems with this new install, that it's going to take me forever to get it up and going. I guess I can't really troubleshoot this problem now.

I'm just going to destroy the OS and install a new one.
 
I'm just going to destroy the OS and install a new one.
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That's a waste of time. The new one will have the same problem unless you figure out the problem with this one.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
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That's not necessarily true. I'm moving from FC 8 to FC 6. I figure FC 6 will be more stable.

I used to use FC 3, and I never had a single problem. FC 8 gave me nothing but grief.
 
If you want stability and something that is similar to RedHat you should be using CentOS not Fedora.

But again if you don't figure out what is wrong here you are likely to have the same problem again.
 
Problem is most likely that your firewall isn't open for bidirectional UDP on port 53.

Jeff
 
Thanks Jeff, you're probably right!

I haven't tried it, but nmap showed all UDP ports as closed to inbound communications.

And Floyd, I agree with you. I only picked Fedora because I've been using it for years, and I'm comfortable with it. I didn't realize until recently that CentOS was based on the RHEL source code. I've used Red Hat since version 7, and because of its intended role as a server OS, it'd probably be the best choice for me. I just assumed CentOS was just another one of the billion linux distros that I'd have to relearn from scratch, but you know what they say about assuming...
 
cmelcher said:
Thanks Jeff, you're probably right!

I haven't tried it, but nmap showed all UDP ports as closed to inbound communications.

And Floyd, I agree with you. I only picked Fedora because I've been using it for years, and I'm comfortable with it. I didn't realize until recently that CentOS was based on the RHEL source code. I've used Red Hat since version 7, and because of its intended role as a server OS, it'd probably be the best choice for me. I just assumed CentOS was just another one of the billion linux distros that I'd have to relearn from scratch, but you know what they say about assuming...
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I used FD5 for a few months before deciding to switch over to CentOS (was doing an OS reload anyways and CentOS was highly recommended by a lot of people) and the transition was very easy. There were a few differences I had a bit of trouble getting used to, but everything else was either the same or an easy change to learn. I personally don't think I'd ever use another OS outside CentOS now (for servers anyways). :P
 
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