Bind 8.1.2

[Dat Nguyen]

That did it.  Thank YOU!!!!!

At 10:48 AM 6/18/99 +1000, marka at isc.org wrote:
>
>> I have no problem pinging the ip addr. of the root servers.  When I start
>> named server in the debug mode, I can see that it's trying to contact 
>> the root servers but could not make connection.  As far as the firewall
>> is concern, I did open port 53 for both TCP and UDP.  Also, the cache
>> file is the one that we are using on our current DNS server and is up
>> to date.
>> Thanks for taking the time to response.  I will take your advise and look
>> into the firewall to see if it might be the problem.
>
>	Add the following to the options block
>
>		query-source address * port 53;
>
>	This locks the source port to 53 rather than letting the system
>	assign a different port every time named starts up.  It does not
>	have to be locked to 53 but given you have opened that port up
>	for incoming queries you may as well send the outgoing queries
>	out the same hole.
>
>	Mark
>
>> 
>> At 10:29 AM 6/18/99 +1000, marka at isc.org wrote:
>> >
>> >	If you are having a problem please state it as the original
>> >	question got answered factually and did not indicate a error
>> >	condition.
>> >
>> >	The are many potential reasons why you could not be able to
>> >	contact the root servers most of which are not BIND related at
>> >	all.
>> >
>> >	1. can you ping the root servers (use IP addresses)?
>> >
>> >		Yes - good.
>> >		No - routing problem / firewall problem / broken link.
>> >
>> >	2. if 1 succeeds does "dig +norec ns . @<ip-address>" return the
>> >	   list of root servers & their addresses for any / all root
>> >	   servers.
>> >
>> >		Yes - good.
>> >		No - firewall problem (you may need to fix the source
>> >		port / source address for queries in named.conf).
>> >
>> >	Does the contents of root.cache contain have the NS and A records
>> >	corresponding to the machines queried above?
>> >
>> >	Mark
>> >
>> >> I still have problem looking up anything outside of my domain.  It seems
>> >> like that
>> >> our name server cannot contact the root name server.  Please help.
>> >> 
>> >> At 02:05 PM 6/17/99 +1000, you wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> What does this error message mean?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> np_parent(0x0) couldn't find root entry
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> 
>> >> >	Nothing.  This is a normal condition. The diagnostic has been
>> >> >	removed from later version.
>> >> >
>> >> >	Mark
>> >> >--
>> >> >Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
>> >> >1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
>> >> >PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> =====================================================================
>> >> 
>> >> Dat Nguyen
>> >> UNIX/EDI Administrator
>> >> Simple Technology, Inc.
>> >> dnguyen at simpletech.com
>> >> Phone: (949)476-1180 x8222
>> >> Direct:(949)260-8222
>> >> Fax: (949)476-1209
>> >> 
>> >> =====================================================================
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >--
>> >Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
>> >1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
>> >PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org
>> 
>> 
>--
>Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
>1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
>PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org


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Dat Nguyen
UNIX/EDI Administrator
Simple Technology, Inc.
dnguyen at simpletech.com
Phone: (949)476-1180 x8222
Fax: (949)476-1209

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