Two days ago I was having trouble accessing RankingLinux.com ; in fact, I wrote an article about it yesterday
It turns out RankingLinux has changed its hosting server. I haven't seen any announcements, posts, or anything to tell, but a few tests are enough to figure it out
Previously, RankingLinux was hosted on the servers of redcoruna.com , with an IP address of 92.43.17.155 . Here is proof from a dig at rankinglinux.com :
; << >> DiG 9.7.0-P1 << >> rankinglinux.com
;; global options: + cmd
;; got answer:
;; - >> HEADER << - opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 60773
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 0;; QUESTION SECTION:
; rankinglinux.com. IN A;; ANSWER SECTION:
rankinglinux.com. 8468 IN A 92.43.17.155;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
rankinglinux.com. 15838 IN NS ns3.redcoruna.com.
rankinglinux.com. 15838 IN NS ns1.redcoruna.com.
rankinglinux.com. 15838 IN NS ns2.redcoruna.com.
While it switched to HostMonster.com 2 or 3 days ago , and now has an IP address of 74.220.215.64 , here is the result of a host -v rankinglinux.com :
Trying “rankinglinux.com”
;; - >> HEADER << - opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34643
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0;; QUESTION SECTION:
; rankinglinux.com. IN A;; ANSWER SECTION:
rankinglinux.com. 14400 IN A 74.220.215.64;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
rankinglinux.com. 155442 IN NS ns2.hostmonster.com.
rankinglinux.com. 155442 IN NS ns1.hostmonster.com.Received 98 bytes from 193.25.114.2 # 53 in 197 ms
Trying “rankinglinux.com”
;; - >> HEADER << - opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18594
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0;; QUESTION SECTION:
; rankinglinux.com. IN AAAAReceived 34 bytes from 193.25.114.2 # 53 in 152 ms
Trying “rankinglinux.com”
;; - >> HEADER << - opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19169
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1;; QUESTION SECTION:
; rankinglinux.com. IN MX;; ANSWER SECTION:
rankinglinux.com. 14400 IN MX 0 mail.rankinglinux.com.;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
rankinglinux.com. 155442 IN NS ns1.hostmonster.com.
rankinglinux.com. 155442 IN NS ns2.hostmonster.com.;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.rankinglinux.com. 14400 IN TO 74.220.215.64Received 119 bytes from 193.25.114.2 # 53 in 152 ms
I don't know the reason for this change, but I personally consider HostMonster a better provider than RedCoruna.com
Let's hope this change is for the better
RankingLinux.com should now be working without problems for everyone ; however, if someone still cannot access it, they should just wait a while (hours or a few days) for their local DNS (the one from their ISP) to realize that RankingLinux is now on a different server with a different IP address.
Greetings