Bob, > I get [using the opendns name servers again]: > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ dig @8.8.8.8 +short www.newegg.com > 208.91.197.27 > [bobg@box9 ~]$ dig @208.67.220.220 +short www.newegg.com > 208.91.197.27 > [bobg@box9 ~]$ dig @12.189.32.61 +short www.newegg.com > 208.91.197.27
The @IP tells dig which DNS server to query, so those commands are querying Google (@8.8.8.8), OpenDNS (@208.67.220.220), and Wild Blue (@12.189.32.61). The fact that they all return 208.91.197.27 means that your computers and your network are fine. You're probably just encountering a stale DNS record. DNS is a distributed system with a lot of caching involved. Due to that, changes to DNS records do not propagate throughout the Internet immediately. > Perhaps they respond differently as a function of the inquiring address? That's a plausible explanation. > Ok that got me through to their "secure" site and I obtained the > number they requested and sent it back to them. I'll see what they > come up with. Very good. You may also want to let them know about the 208.91.197.27 response that your DNS queries were receiving. It will work itself out if it's a DNS change that hasn't propagated yet, but it could also be something that they need to fix like a misconfiguration of their authoritative name servers. Remember to periodically try to access newegg.com without that line in "/etc/hosts". It's more of a workaround than an actual solution and it will stop working if they drop the IP it references. Regards, Matthew Roth InterMedia Marketing Solutions Software Engineer and Systems Developer -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
