Strange dns problem ?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ccjb53$21u5$1 at sf1.isc.org>, Albert <milis at gosip.net> wrote:

> Hello Edvard,
> 
> Thursday, July 8, 2004, 5:56:10 PM, you wrote:
> 
> ET> According to Albert:
> >> but if i query like this dig www.xyz.com @202.43.178.245
> >> 
> >> dig www.xyz.com @202.43.178.245
> >> 
> 
> ET> The problem is that queries for ns2.cepat.net.id receive two IP
> ET> numbers as answer from ns1.cepat.net.id.
> 
> ET> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ET> cepat.net.id.           13300   IN      NS      ns2.cepat.net.id.
> ET> cepat.net.id.           13300   IN      NS      ns1.cepat.net.id.
> 
> ET> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ET> ns1.cepat.net.id.       548     IN      A       202.43.178.10
> ET> ns2.cepat.net.id.       548     IN      A       203.43.178.245
> ET> ns2.cepat.net.id.       548     IN      A       202.43.178.245
> 
> 
> ET> De first IP number very clearly seems a typo, unless you really
> ET> do have 202.43.178.245 *and* 203.43.178.245.
> 
> ET> -Ed
> 
> i had to add double ns2 record to my primary server in order to make
> dig www.xyz.com @ns2.cepat.net.id work!

Which one did you have to add, the correct one or the incorrect one?

> if i remove one ns2 record on my primary server... well it's stuck! i
> think u can try it again. thanx.

Works fine for me:

$ dig www.xyz.com a @ns2.cepat.net.id

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> www.xyz.com a @ns2.cepat.net.id
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51329
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.xyz.com.        IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.xyz.com.      460010   IN A  64.146.134.38

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
xyz.com.    156488   IN NS ns.xyz.com.
xyz.com.    156488   IN NS ns.jedwards.net.
xyz.com.    156488   IN NS ns1.rdrop.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.jedwards.net.  156488   IN A  216.231.55.238

;; Query time: 291 msec
;; SERVER: 202.43.178.245#53(ns2.cepat.net.id)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul  8 10:43:43 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 131

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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