DNS transfers from non-existant hosting company

Anomaly1965 · 04-11-2009, 01:51 AM

Okay, last time I was here I got hijacked by somebody around Russia and could not get on my site. I got some help with that so I am coming back to try to resolve my current issues.

Problem:

I had my hosting on the reseller account of a friend halfway around the world I used to work with. They shut their reseller account down and along with it, their web site. I have tried to get in touch with them but have been unsuccessful to date. I know where they bought the reseller account but they cannot give me any contact information and my queries to whois have also gone unanswered.

I arranged for new hosting but now, I cannot sign in to my old account (since the company and web page are no longer there) and thus, I cannot forward my DNS entries to point to the new nameservers.

Any ideas on what I can do? I have had the same web page for a number of years and would like to keep the same name.

With thanks,

mcorton · 04-17-2009, 07:19 AM

You can type in the IP address if you know it to google and try to find out who the host is and possible the registrar. If you can find this, email their support and explain the situation. Although they probably can't tell you any information, they should be able to transfer you DNS settings to your new server. I hope this helps.

Good luck.

04-11-2009, 01:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anomaly1965 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP SP3	DNS transfers from non-existant hosting company Okay, last time I was here I got hijacked by somebody around Russia and could not get on my site. I got some help with that so I am coming back to try to resolve my current issues. Problem: I had my hosting on the reseller account of a friend halfway around the world I used to work with. They shut their reseller account down and along with it, their web site. I have tried to get in touch with them but have been unsuccessful to date. I know where they bought the reseller account but they cannot give me any contact information and my queries to whois have also gone unanswered. I arranged for new hosting but now, I cannot sign in to my old account (since the company and web page are no longer there) and thus, I cannot forward my DNS entries to point to the new nameservers. Any ideas on what I can do? I have had the same web page for a number of years and would like to keep the same name. With thanks,

04-17-2009, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
mcorton Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 60 OS: Windows xp SP2	Re: DNS transfers from non-existant hosting company You can type in the IP address if you know it to google and try to find out who the host is and possible the registrar. If you can find this, email their support and explain the situation. Although they probably can't tell you any information, they should be able to transfer you DNS settings to your new server. I hope this helps. Good luck.