reverse lookup on local IP (10.0.0.1)?

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 10:26:40AM +0000, alex wrote:
> Does anyone know whether I should be able to nslookup my local IP?
> 
> I have a small network set up as 10.x.x.x, and dial in to an ISP.
> My caching nameserver is on 10.0.0.1.
> If I try (from the 10.0.0.1 machine) to nslookup 10.0.0.1, I get:
> 
> -> Server:  localhost
> -> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> -> *** localhost can't find 10.0.0.1: Non-existent host/domain
> 
> Shouldn't I be able to resolve 10.0.0.1 to a name?

I just re-posted (under 'Re: nslookup') a discussion of reverse DNS.
Read and do.

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