[Clug-tech] Update frequency of Shaw DNS?

[Shawn Grover]

That doesn't solve the problem of letting the general public - including 
Shaw Internet users - see the domain name/change in a timely fashion.

When I can make a change to my DNS records at ZoneEdit.com, and see 
those changes in 15 minutes to an hour, well, there is no reason Shaw's 
DNS servers can't do the same.  But instead, I end up getting reports 
from people as much as 3 days, or a week later saying they are getting 
"name not found" errors.  This indicates that not only is the Shaw DNS 
servers not updating themselves in a timely manner, but also that 
unknown names are NOT getting passed through to the root servers 
properly either.  In short, Shaw DNS servers are not configured in an 
"industry standard" manner.  I can understand the volume issues they 
need to deal with, but how come everyone else can get it right?

I posted a blog about Shaw's DNS servers once titled "Shaw DNS Servers 
suck" (http://grover.open2space.com/node/63 if anyone wants to check it 
out... but it was more a rant about a specific issue I ran into).  For 
about a year it was the #1 response from Google when searching for "Shaw 
DNS".  Heck, I just checked, and it's at # 3 - 3 years after the fact...

My thoughts....

Shawn

(ps.  I do apologize for the links to my own blog in my last few 
posts... but the topics seemed fitting....)

Gustin Johnson wrote:
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> John Jardine wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just curious if anyone knows how often Shaw updates their DNS?
> 
> Hours, days, weeks, or months.  I have seen all of those.
>> The reason I ask is that if I use my laptop to browse to a new site I
>> built I get the NXDOMAIN hijack page-of-advertising from PSINet.
>>
>> If I use my cell phone (Rogers) to go there it's all good.
>>
>> I've got around it for now by just putting an entry in my /etc/hosts
>> file but it's still a pain.
>>
> How come you are not running a local DNS server?  You can also set
> OpenDNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf (or any other DNS server that
> is publicly usable).
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