Gandi (ns6.gandi.net)

Help with Setup/Upgrade
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Hello everyone,

I’ve successfully setup my MIAB, and it’s working well. However, I wanted to use a secondary DNS provider. As I use Gandi.net as a Domain registrar, I thought I would use ns6.gandi.net – First I add this to MIAB → Custom DNS → Secondary nameserver → ns6.gandi.net

Then at Gandi/control panel/2nd name server → ns6.gandi.net

However, it never “takes” always reverts back to ns1.box.<mydomain.com> …

I have tried several times and even reached out to Gandi who waffled the following:

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Please ensure that the necessary NS records are present in your zone, namely:

Additionally, please ensure that zone transfers are authorized according to our documentation found at:

The Bind statement for this is:
allow-transfer { 217.70.177.40; 2001:4b98:d:1::40; }

Furthermore, please remember to increment the zone’s serial number and notify any changes with:
also-notify { 217.70.177.40; 2001:4b98:d:1::40; }

I’m baffled, because from what I understand it should be simple as my updates I’ve carried out.

I then tried puck.nether.net which actually had been working well. However today I check my MIAB status and it’s showing Secondary nameserver puck.nether.net is not configured correctly. (It resolved this domain as [timeout]. It should be .)

I can’t even log into my account at puck. It’s down perhaps?

I’m looking for something stable, and don’t even mind paying for a secondary DNS provider?

Anyone ?

G.

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I had the same issues with ns6.gandi.net and their support always claimed the issue was on my end with the exact same message. I don’t know enough of this to understand if MiaB is compatible with Gandi ootb. As a result I moved to puck.nether.net which seems down now…

We are both in an identical situation

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@eXTric – I’m glad it’s not just me then. So, I’m on the lookout for further options.

Puck might just be a glitch at the moment, but I’d rather have another option even if it’s a couple of “quid” a month or something…

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Perhaps you already have this, but it’s not shown in your message, but the Secondary nameserver setting in you MIAB should be:
ns6.gandi.net xfr:217.70.177.40 xfr:2001:4b98:d:1::40
The xfr entries tell MIAB that gandi is allowed to get the nameserver information.

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@KiekerJan –

I never knew that!! THANK YOU!. I’ll give that a go.

After following @KiekerJan post, all is working perfectly. If only I knew a few weeks back! I now have a perfectly working and configured MIAB install. Thank you.

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Thanks for the suggested fix. It seems to work now.

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