As part of our ongoing DNS service improvements, Telecom is making some changes to it's DNS servers which will affect some non-Telecom customers. The following Xtra name servers will in future only accept queries from Non-Telecom customers for domains that the name servers are authoritative for. Recursive queries for other domains (e.g. www.google.com) will no longer work. * dnsh1.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.184.3 ) also known as alien.xtra.co.nz * dnsh2.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.184.5 ) also known as terminator.xtra.co.nz We will be phasing in these changes from November 15th over a period of several weeks and you may wish to alert your help desks to check the DNS settings of users having problems after that. Currently Xtra operates the following recursive DNS services: * dnsc1.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.158.40 ) * dnsc2.xtra.co.nz ( 202.27.156.72 ) We are happy for external people to query those IP's for DNS troubleshooting and similar purposes but they should not be directly configured into machines. Please note these IP's may change from time to time and external access may be limited or withdrawn without prior warning (especially in cases of abuse). Regards, -- Ted Grenfell, ISP Performance Manager, IS Online Services, Telecom NZ Ltd Mob: +64 274 435 455; DDI: +64 9359 5854; Fax: +64 9377 0781; Pager: +64 2611 1445 ICQ: 191891; MSN Messenger: cameleon @ xtra.co.nz Level 11, 8 Hereford St, Private Bag 92028, Auckland CBD, New Zealand "today was so quiet, you could hear a packet drop" - Tom Liston, ISC Handler's Diary This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002.