MeFi DNS woes? June 21, 2002 6:08 PM Subscribe
Is MetaFilter/Turlyming DNS down? I only seem to be able to reach MeFi because Squid cached the address. NS1 and NS2.turlyming.com aren't answering queries. Anyone?
Eh? Who or what is Turlyming? And how does he/she/it relate to metafilter?
posted by ashbury at 6:37 PM on June 21, 2002
posted by ashbury at 6:37 PM on June 21, 2002
Turlyming.com hosts the DNS servers that MetaFilter uses:
$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net metafilter.com
; [...snip dig saying lots of extraneous stuff...]
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
metafilter.com. 172800 IN NS NS1.TURLYMING.com.
metafilter.com. 172800 IN NS NS2.TURLYMING.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS1.TURLYMING.com. 172800 IN A 63.142.71.70
NS2.TURLYMING.com. 172800 IN A 63.142.71.71
(this means that when you ask for metafilter.com, you are asking turlyming.com for the IP address)
...and which apparently does not have network or geographical diversity, so it's not terribly resistant to net.badness.
Matt: Think about setting up secondary service at an outfit like GraniteCanyon to help offset the potential for these problems.
posted by majick at 6:43 PM on June 21, 2002
$ dig @a.gtld-servers.net metafilter.com
; [...snip dig saying lots of extraneous stuff...]
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
metafilter.com. 172800 IN NS NS1.TURLYMING.com.
metafilter.com. 172800 IN NS NS2.TURLYMING.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS1.TURLYMING.com. 172800 IN A 63.142.71.70
NS2.TURLYMING.com. 172800 IN A 63.142.71.71
(this means that when you ask for metafilter.com, you are asking turlyming.com for the IP address)
...and which apparently does not have network or geographical diversity, so it's not terribly resistant to net.badness.
Matt: Think about setting up secondary service at an outfit like GraniteCanyon to help offset the potential for these problems.
posted by majick at 6:43 PM on June 21, 2002
Yep, it's all screwed up here, too. Luckily I had saved an old hosts file with the Meta-IPs in it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:37 PM on June 21, 2002
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:37 PM on June 21, 2002
Okay, when everyone else comes back in, pretend like they just missed the best MeTa thread ever!
posted by whatnotever at 11:45 AM on June 22, 2002
posted by whatnotever at 11:45 AM on June 22, 2002
...the thing that really cheeses me off is that I can't get to #mefi. Grrr.
posted by majick at 3:37 PM on June 22, 2002
posted by majick at 3:37 PM on June 22, 2002
This is punishment for being allowed all the fun on SiFi. I told you all! But would anyone listen? NooOOOooo!
....at least I THINK I told you all....
posted by Salmonberry at 9:02 PM on June 22, 2002
....at least I THINK I told you all....
posted by Salmonberry at 9:02 PM on June 22, 2002
haven't been able to see the site for a couple of days
anyways, i just wanted to post in here so i too could look crafty and resourceful (all i did was try all of my shell accounts until i found a dns server that still saw mefi)
also - www.metafilter.info still works, its dns is hosted elsewhere
posted by sawks at 7:53 AM on June 23, 2002
anyways, i just wanted to post in here so i too could look crafty and resourceful (all i did was try all of my shell accounts until i found a dns server that still saw mefi)
also - www.metafilter.info still works, its dns is hosted elsewhere
posted by sawks at 7:53 AM on June 23, 2002
the DNS servers may have changed, because i can get to the site now.
turlyming.com is still down; i hope chrish is ok.
posted by moz at 11:28 AM on June 23, 2002
turlyming.com is still down; i hope chrish is ok.
posted by moz at 11:28 AM on June 23, 2002
Yeah, I got in by way of i.am.a.notalentassclown.org and saw whatnotever's post and remembered the dns entry I had scribbled down in a notepad file. Whew.
I really think this is mathowie's test of our geek skills, much like Mr. Burns' race up the mountain.
posted by plemeljr at 11:31 AM on June 23, 2002
I really think this is mathowie's test of our geek skills, much like Mr. Burns' race up the mountain.
posted by plemeljr at 11:31 AM on June 23, 2002
Or, our teamwork abilities. I found the answer as a comment that riffola had posted on iconomy's blog.
posted by vacapinta at 12:06 PM on June 23, 2002
posted by vacapinta at 12:06 PM on June 23, 2002
"Yeah, my teamwork."
I got in via notalentassclown as well, and did a lookup with network tools to get into metatalk. It's kind of nice with just a few people milling about, not that I'd wish it were like this all the time.
posted by Nothing at 12:49 PM on June 23, 2002
I got in via notalentassclown as well, and did a lookup with network tools to get into metatalk. It's kind of nice with just a few people milling about, not that I'd wish it were like this all the time.
posted by Nothing at 12:49 PM on June 23, 2002
The line the turlyming box is on was apparently cut by city equipment outside doing construction on Friday, the last I heard. I have no idea when it is coming back, but I was getting all my email through it until recently. I've went ahead and added zoneedit.com's DNS service to the metafilter.com domain record, but it took about 48 hours to take effect.
Oh, #mefi is hosted on the turlyming box, so that won't work until the box comes back online.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:29 PM on June 23, 2002
Oh, #mefi is hosted on the turlyming box, so that won't work until the box comes back online.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:29 PM on June 23, 2002
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$ dig @ns1.turlyming.com metafilter.com
; <>> DiG 9.2.1 <>> @ns1.turlyming.com metafilter.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
posted by majick at 6:09 PM on June 21, 2002