# Network Solutions DNS down... **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [October 22, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657 "2013-10-22T19:54:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/1 "2013-10-22T19:54:30Z")
Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more reliable? Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/2 "2013-10-22T20:05:15Z")
I’ve had good luck with 1and1 (one and one) for the past year. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/3 "2013-10-22T20:17:02Z")
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:54:30 GMT, KeN Etter [ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > reliable?[/color] Just to clarify…I host all my own sites. I just need reliable Domain Registration and DNS. Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/4 "2013-10-22T20:31:55Z")
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:17:02 +0000, KeN Etter wrote: [color=blue] > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:54:30 GMT, KeN Etter > [ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > [color=green] > > > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > > reliable?[/color] > > Just to clarify…I host all my own sites. I just need reliable Domain > Registration and DNS. > > Ken[/color] [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the free dyndns address for a few years now. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/5 "2013-10-22T22:49:33Z")
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:05:15 GMT, ab [ab@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ab@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > I’ve had good luck with 1and1 (one and one) for the past year.[/color] I’ll check on it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/6 "2013-10-22T22:50:01Z")
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:31:55 GMT, Jim Henderson [hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:17:02 +0000, KeN Etter wrote: > [color=green] > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:54:30 GMT, KeN Etter > > [ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > > [color=darkred] > > > > > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > > > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > > > reliable?[/color] > > > > Just to clarify…I host all my own sites. I just need reliable Domain > > Registration and DNS. > > > > Ken[/color] > > [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the free > dyndns address for a few years now. > > Jim[/color] I’ll check on it. ---
**Author:** ![buckesfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@buckesfeld](https://forums.suse.com/u/buckesfeld)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/7 "2013-10-23T09:31:48Z")
Jim Henderson wrote: [color=blue] > [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the free > dyndns address for a few years now.[/color] Same here. U ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/8 "2013-10-23T15:31:09Z")
My sister used to work for Network Solutions before they were sold to [Web.com](http://Web.com). (Not a technical position…) Wonder if they went downhill after the sale. It’s definitely a different world our there now for them than it was years ago. On 10/23/2013 2:31 AM, Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:[color=blue] > Jim Henderson wrote: > [color=green] > > > [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the free > > dyndns address for a few years now.[/color] > > Same here. > > U > [/color] ---
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On 22/10/2013 18:17, KeN Etter wrote:[color=blue] > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:54:30 GMT, KeN Etter > [ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > [color=green] > > > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > > reliable?[/color] > > Just to clarify…I host all my own sites. I just need reliable > Domain Registration and DNS.[/color] Then why not host your own DNS too? I use UKREG as a registrar - their prices are reasonable, and they made getting my Glue set up almost painless. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/10 "2013-10-23T17:21:57Z")
Hey Craig Wilson, [color=blue] > My sister used to work for Network Solutions[/color] A Møøse once bit my sister … – Kim - 10/23/2013 8:21:45 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-solutions-dns-down/24657/11 "2013-10-23T19:14:45Z")
KeN Etter wrote: [color=blue] > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > reliable?[/color] Here’s who I used to use back when I managed an environment. They were always reliable and very inexpensive. [http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/](http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/) Ask Danita–I think she still uses them today. – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform? ---
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:31:48 +0000, Uwe Buckesfeld wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson wrote: > [color=green] > > > [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the > > free dyndns address for a few years now.[/color] > > Same here.[/color] I may end up paying for their entry-level service, though - with the recent change on the free accounts that you have to log into the website every 30 days (something I’m prone to forget if I have to do that “by hand”), it may not be worth the hassle of continually updating the script I wrote to take care of that every time they change the login form. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:54:49 GMT, Dave Howe [DaveHowe@invalid.dom](mailto:DaveHowe@invalid.dom) wrote: [color=blue] > On 22/10/2013 18:17, KeN Etter wrote:[color=green] > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:54:30 GMT, KeN Etter > > [ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > > [color=darkred] > > > > > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > > > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > > > reliable?[/color] > > > > Just to clarify…I host all my own sites. I just need reliable > > Domain Registration and DNS.[/color] > > Then why not host your own DNS too? > > I use UKREG as a registrar - their prices are reasonable, and they made > getting my Glue set up almost painless.[/color] I might consider that. ---
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:14:45 GMT, “Joseph Marton” [jmarton@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:jmarton@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > KeN Etter wrote: > [color=green] > > > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > > reliable?[/color] > > Here’s who I used to use back when I managed an environment. They were > always reliable and very inexpensive. > > [http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/](http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/) > > Ask Danita–I think she still uses them today.[/color] I was checking them out…might go that way. ---
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Jim Henderson [hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote in [news:fEy9u.129$tt6.111@kovat.provo.novell.com](mailto:news:fEy9u.129$tt6.111@kovat.provo.novell.com): [color=blue] > [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the > free dyndns address for a few years now. > [/color] I had to quit using them due to their changes over time to not free. I just needed a traditional dyndns type service to link a single ip to a dns name. dyndns no longer makes that free. I googled and found a fantastic free service that has lots of community donated names 🙂 [routemehome.com](http://routemehome.com) fits my needs. rip the once industry standard go dynamic dns service that even made a nerd noun. Good riddance to the new owners greed. IMHO. ---
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On 23.10.2013 20:34, KeN Etter wrote:[color=blue] > On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:54:49 GMT, Dave Howe [DaveHowe@invalid.dom](mailto:DaveHowe@invalid.dom) > wrote: > [color=green] > > > On 22/10/2013 18:17, KeN Etter wrote:[color=darkred] > > > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:54:30 GMT, KeN Etter > > > [ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Network Solutions DNS is down again. I’m considering options. Anyone > > > > have any suggestions for good DNS providers? Somebody that is more > > > > reliable? > > > > > > Just to clarify…I host all my own sites. I just need reliable > > > Domain Registration and DNS.[/color] > > > > Then why not host your own DNS too? > > > > I use UKREG as a registrar - their prices are reasonable, and they made > > getting my Glue set up almost painless.[/color] > > I might consider that.[/color] That’s what I do, and judging by the DNS issues a lot of my smaller customers have, I’m very happy. ## CU, Massimo Rosen Novell Knowledge Partner No emails please! [http://www.cfc-it.de](http://www.cfc-it.de) ---
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:45:34 +0000, Dave Taylor wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson [hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote in > [news:fEy9u.129$tt6.111@kovat.provo.novell.com](mailto:news:fEy9u.129$tt6.111@kovat.provo.novell.com): > [color=green] > > > [dyn.com](http://dyn.com) seems to be pretty reasonable and good. I’ve been using the > > free dyndns address for a few years now. > > > > [/color] > > I had to quit using them due to their changes over time to not free. > > I just needed a traditional dyndns type service to link a single ip to a > > dns name. dyndns no longer makes that free.[/color] That’s true. I still have a free account because I’ve been using them for something like 10 years. They took wildcard support away a few years back, but I only need 3 addresses. [color=blue] > I googled and found a fantastic free service that has lots of community > donated names 🙂 > [routemehome.com](http://routemehome.com) fits my needs. > rip the once industry standard go dynamic dns service that even made a > nerd noun. Good riddance to the new owners greed. > IMHO.[/color] I can understand that they have had challenges with keeping the free service going and have had to adjust their model. I do wish, though, they had done what a lot of businesses do: Continue the stuff the customer signed up for without reduction in services. Verizon still has my business only because they actually had a truly unlimited data plan, and I signed up on it. They haven’t forced me to “upgrade” to a limited plan yet, even though you can’t buy it any more. I can’t (for example) change my plan to include text messaging (so I get dinged $0.20 per SMS sent/received on our phones if we forget to use Google Voice) without changing the data plan. If I do that, I end up paying more for less data. I don’t use a lot of data on my plan, but I like not having to worry about accidental overages. But when I decide to get a new phone, it’ll probably be with a different carrier - maybe Sprint or T-Mobile (whichever one spreads the cost of the phone out but doesn’t require a contract). ## Jim Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner