My sites dont open

my sites dont open kissndate (and others)

kissndate is the website name.
i get no response with ping
how do I proceed ?
have webmin access to the freebsd bind server.

kissndate.com is hosted by:
ns1.kissndate.com [173.242.116.73]
ns2.kissndate.com [173.242.116.74]

DNS services on both sites appear to be down:
Scanning ports on 173.242.116.73

173.242.116.73 isn't responding on port 53 (domain).
173.242.116.73 is responding on port 80 (http).

Scanning ports on 173.242.116.74

173.242.116.74 isn't responding on port 53 (domain).
173.242.116.74 isn't responding on port 80 (http).

J.A. Coutts

Thank You Coutts
How do I proceed to troubleshoot BIND on FreeBSD using webmin? How to analyze the named.conf file....

I don't think you understand.
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C:\>nslookup
Default Server: [192.168.1.3]
Address: [192.168.1.3]
> server 173.242.116.73
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Default Server: [173.242.116.73]
Address: 173.242.116.73
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I cannot connect with either server on port 53. It does not accept any port 53 packets.

J.A. Coutts

so the servers are shut down ?
or the DNS service is stopped on the server ?
how should I proceed ?

You would have to contact the operators of the site. This is as much information as I could get off the net:
Registrant:
Domains By Proxy, LLC

DomainsByProxy.com
14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Registered through: LuckyRegister - Cheap Domain Registration, Domain Hosting Services -
Domain Name: KISSNDATE.COM
Created on: 14-Oct-04
Expires on: 14-Oct-12
Last Updated on: 02-Oct-09

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration KISSNDATE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Domains By Proxy, LLC
DomainsByProxy.com
14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration KISSNDATE.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Domains By Proxy, LLC
DomainsByProxy.com
14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Domain servers in listed order:
NS2.KISSNDATE.COM
NS1.KISSNDATE.COM


Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited
Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited

Since KISSNDATE.com is a new domain, you must first register NS1. and NS2. as 'vanity' name servers. You can arrange that with your Registrar, LuckyRegister or DomainsByProxy.

Then you need to make sure DNS server is running on both of those machines, and that they have the DNS zone created and at least resolving locally.