DNS or my machine?

[utahcon]

I have a sub-domain that when I try to go to it fails (page cannot be displayed).

How can I tell it is the DNS pointing to the wrong server or if my server is f'd.

Also --

If it is my server - what could be wrong.

I have my virtual host setup (same as another that works fine)

Thanks!

BTW - I have done a ping and the sub.domain.com and it gets the right IP address.

Is it a problem that I have in my httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *&#58;80>
    ServerName forums.domain.com
    DocumentRoot /site/forums
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *&#58;80>
    ServerName admin.domain.com
    DocumentRoot /site/admin
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *&#58;80>
    ServerName domain.com
    DocumentRoot /site
    ServerAlias *.domain.com www.domain.com
</VirtualHost>

[SilentRage]

That was smart that you put the wildcard virtualhost at the bottom like that.

At this point I don't know what the problem is. But if you tell me the real domain that is experiencing problems, I bet I could find out.

[SilentRage]

Thanks for PM'ing me your domain. I'll continue to help you here though, so that other people could benefit from any discussion that takes place.

The website works perfectly for me. The domain resolves to an IP, that is connectible, and when visited in a browser displays a simple webpage with a single graphic that says something about being the champion of savings.

If this is what I'm supposed to see, then perhaps your problem is temporary, or you're hosting this website on a private LAN behind a router, and you are not able to connect to your public IP from within the LAN.

[utahcon]

The problem is with forums.domain.com.

It should be showing the phpBB2 interface, same thing you get when you go to www.domain.com/forums

[SilentRage]

The 'forums' hostname does not resolve to the same IP as the 'www' hostname. Connections time out.