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Online Network Service checks
PING, Host Look Up, DNS check, RBL Spam check, Whois
Web
site Monitoring
Get notified when your web server is not responding
Server
Monitoring
Keep a check on your servers and services and get alerts notfication
Primary and Secondary
DNS Service
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Frequently Asked Questions
NETWORK MONITORING SERVICE
What types of server checks are supported?
We offer the following types:
- ICMP:PING
- TCP:FTP
- TCP:HTTP *
- TCP:HTTPS *
- TCP:IMAP
- TCP:IMAPS
- TCP:POP3
- TCP:POP3S
- TCP:Port
- TCP:SMTP
- TCP:SMTPS
- TCP:SSH
- UDP:DNS
* these checks can also check for expected data, such as a certain
words on a webpage.
When will I receive alert emails from your service?
You will receive an alert email when your website or server goes DOWN. When
it is UP again, you will receive another notification.
How will you send me the alerts?
The Alerts will be send to you by email, email to cell phone SMS.
What is the difference between email/cell phone alerts and SMS alerts?
Alerts that are sent using standard email and are routed through the
internet to cell phones. Most cell phone companies provide a
free email to cell phone service, so you can receive your messages right on your
cell phone.
For example AT&T (Formerly Cingular) uses a "number@mms.att.net" format for
their customers.
View a list of cell phone to gateways and how to Send Free SMS or MMS Text Messages
here.
Please check with your provider to verify if they will charge you for receiving
SMS messages. SECONDARY DNS SERVICE
What is a secondary DNS server?
You have a probably come across the terms "primary DNS server" and "secondary
DNS server". Actually a DNS server (the computer/software) is not specifically
"primary" or "secondary". A DNS server can be primary for one domain and
secondary for another.
However the DNS specifications require that each domain name is served by at
least 2 DNS server for redundancy. so if one server goes down, the backup DNS
server still works.
How do I setup my DNS to use checkservers.com's servers as the secondary DNS
service?
To setup checkservers.com as the secondary DNS service provider there are three steps
involved:
- Add dns2.net-star.net and dns4.net-star.net to this list of Name Servers
for your domain. You do this at your domain registrar.
- Next, go to your Primary DNS service provider and add two additional NS
records (Name Server records) for dns2.net-star.net and dns4.net-star.net
- Finally, you need to configure your secondary DNS service at
checkservers.com by
providing us with the name and IP address of your master DNS server (usually
the primary DNS server). This will allow us to accept zone transfer
requests from your master DNS server.
How do I enable zone transfers to checkservers.com's DNS servers in Bind?
Add the following to your /etc/named.conf file:
options {
/// allow transfers to our DNS servers
allow-transfer { 64.237.45.34; 69.41.170.223; };
};
If you are using a tool to manage your named.conf file, use it to make the
changes to ensure your changes do not get overwritten. You only need to change
the allow-transfer option; you may leave the others as they are.
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