Intermitant DNS errors
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Wed Jul 19 22:14:17 UTC 2000
I can't get any answer out of continuum.cm.nu. Could it be that the servers which are having
the problem are trying that server first and timing out the whole query too quickly? You
should get continuum fixed or remove/replace the NS records pointing to it.
- Kevin
Shane Wegner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am experiencing a DNS problem which really doesn't make sence. The
> problem is that some servers intermitantly timeout while looking up the
> wapvi.bc.ca domain. Most servers are fine. It's just a small percentage
> which do this. Trying the same server a short time later will often work
> and it will resolve fine.
>
> The wapvi.bc.ca zone has three nameservers. When attempting to track the
> problem, I did a query on all three for the zone using nslookup. All were
> authorative for that zone. The named.conf for the zone is as follows on all
> three servers.
> zone "wapvi.bc.ca" {
> type slave;
> or type master;
> file "wapvi.bc.ca";
> allow-query {
> any;
> };
> allow-transfer {
> none;
> or a list of secondaries on the primary server
> };
> };
>
> I will attach the zone file here. If anyone can provide any information on
> how I can track this down, I would appreciate it.
>
> Shane
>
> --- cut ---
> $ORIGIN bc.ca.
> wapvi IN SOA viper.wapvi.bc.ca. hostmaster.wapvi.bc.ca. (
> 2000070619 10800 1800 604800 3600 )
> IN NS wapvi.cm.nu.
> IN NS continuum.cm.nu.
> IN NS odyssey.cm.nu.
> IN MX 10 viper.wapvi.bc.ca.
> IN MX 20 continuum.cm.nu.
> IN MX 25 odyssey.cm.nu.
> IN TXT "The Western Association of Persons With Vision Imparement"
> IN A 209.53.12.101
> $ORIGIN wapvi.bc.ca.
> localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
> viper IN A 209.53.12.101
> IN HINFO "i586" "linux"
> news IN CNAME news.bctel.ca.
> nntp IN CNAME viper.wapvi.bc.ca.
> mail IN CNAME viper.wapvi.bc.ca.
> smtp IN A 209.53.12.101
> pop3 IN A 209.53.12.101
> ftp IN CNAME viper.wapvi.bc.ca.
> www IN A 209.53.12.101
> support IN A 209.53.12.101
> sql IN CNAME viper.wapvi.bc.ca.
> $ORIGIN localnet.wapvi.bc.ca.
> viper IN A 192.168.1.1
> pppserver IN A 192.168.2.1
> news IN CNAME news.bctel.ca.
> nntp IN A 192.168.2.1
> mail IN A 192.168.2.1
> smtp IN A 192.168.2.1
> pop3 IN A 192.168.2.1
> ftp IN A 192.168.2.1
> www IN A 192.168.2.1
> support IN A 192.168.2.1
> sql IN A 192.168.2.1
> dialin1 IN A 192.168.2.2
> dialin2 IN A 192.168.2.3
> dialin3 IN A 192.168.2.4
> millennium IN A 192.168.1.3
> century IN A 192.168.1.4
> tiresias IN A 192.168.1.5
> ziggy IN A 192.168.1.6
> --- cut ---
>
> --
> Shane Wegner: shane at cm.nu
> Personal website: http://www.cm.nu/~shane/
More information about the bind-users
mailing list