Whats going on with my domain?!

Duncan · 4th February 2006, 9:54 AM

Hi all,
Hope this is the right forum to put this in. OK, so I went to visit a website I own this morning (www.trombonisaustralis.com) to find that it has been replaced by one of those links sites, which looks as though is offering to sell my domain name. I recently paid to renew the domain and my hosting account, so I'm not sure what has happened. Go to the link and see for yourself (if you dont know the kind of thing i'm talking about)
When I go to www.trombonisaustralis.com, I get transfered to http://www.trombonisaustralis.com/pa...saustralis.com

Is it possible the knobs at the hosting company have forgotten to renew the domain name or something stupid like that, and this is a result of that?

Has anyone experienced this before?

n000b · 4th February 2006, 11:23 AM

It works fine for me (takes me to your website).

maddhatter · 4th February 2006, 2:26 PM

I'd be thinking along the lines of some sort of spyware infection on your PC.

Give Ad-Aware & SpyBot a try...

Your domain resolves fine here...

Anarki · 4th February 2006, 3:53 PM

Takes me to the link site.

You should contact your registrar.

Domain Name: TROMBONISAUSTRALIS.COM
Registrar: SPOT DOMAIN LLC DBA DOMAINSITE.COM
Whois Server: whois.domainsite.com
Referral URL: http://www.domainsite.com
Name Server: NS1.DOMAINSITE.COM
Name Server: NS2.DOMAINSITE.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 03-feb-2006

WaLLLY · 4th February 2006, 3:56 PM

Didnt work for me, i got the Linky page

Duncan · 4th February 2006, 5:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazaryn

Works fine for me.

From what you say it looks like the nameservers attached to the domain were changed before you renewed it. These changes can take up to 48 hours and are different for every person because domains rely on DNS caches, as the name suggests if the information for the domain changes the caches will not know about it until the previous cache expires (Depends on the router).

Just wait another 24 hours or so and everything should be back to normal.

Ahh, ok. I was told to ADD two new nameservers to the list, rather than just replace the two that were there already. Is this correct? Or should I replace the ones that were there?

And whats stopping me from viewing the proper site that isnt stopping you guys? (Ive tried it on several different PC's, and some other people have tried it on theirs and they all get the linky page.)

Duncan · 4th February 2006, 5:17 PM

OK, i've replaced them. But i'm just wondering why some of you guys can view it and some of you just get the linky page

n000b · 4th February 2006, 5:45 PM

Because DNS is cached by your ISP - each ISP updates their cache's at different times, so depending on whether the ISP each of us is on has updated their cache or not, we see different pages.

Duncan · 4th February 2006, 6:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n000b

Because DNS is cached by your ISP - each ISP updates their cache's at different times, so depending on whether the ISP each of us is on has updated their cache or not, we see different pages.

Ah right, fair enough.

4th February 2006, 9:54 AM	#1
Duncan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,437	Whats going on with my domain?! Hi all, Hope this is the right forum to put this in. OK, so I went to visit a website I own this morning (www.trombonisaustralis.com) to find that it has been replaced by one of those links sites, which looks as though is offering to sell my domain name. I recently paid to renew the domain and my hosting account, so I'm not sure what has happened. Go to the link and see for yourself (if you dont know the kind of thing i'm talking about) When I go to www.trombonisaustralis.com, I get transfered to http://www.trombonisaustralis.com/pa...saustralis.com Is it possible the knobs at the hosting company have forgotten to renew the domain name or something stupid like that, and this is a result of that? Has anyone experienced this before? Last edited by Duncan; 4th February 2006 at 9:59 AM.

4th February 2006, 2:26 PM	#3
maddhatter Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: 21.1607°S, 149.0648°E Posts: 4,554	I'd be thinking along the lines of some sort of spyware infection on your PC. Give Ad-Aware & SpyBot a try... Your domain resolves fine here... __________________ postcount=postcount+1;

4th February 2006, 3:53 PM	#4
Anarki Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,262	Takes me to the link site. You should contact your registrar. Domain Name: TROMBONISAUSTRALIS.COM Registrar: SPOT DOMAIN LLC DBA DOMAINSITE.COM Whois Server: whois.domainsite.com Referral URL: http://www.domainsite.com Name Server: NS1.DOMAINSITE.COM Name Server: NS2.DOMAINSITE.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 03-feb-2006 __________________ ______________________ __________________________ ______________________ __________________

4th February 2006, 3:56 PM	#5
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4th February 2006, 11:23 AM	#2
n000b Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,492	It works fine for me (takes me to your website).

4th February 2006, 5:17 PM	#7
Duncan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,437	OK, i've replaced them. But i'm just wondering why some of you guys can view it and some of you just get the linky page

4th February 2006, 5:45 PM	#8
n000b Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,492	Because DNS is cached by your ISP - each ISP updates their cache's at different times, so depending on whether the ISP each of us is on has updated their cache or not, we see different pages.