DNS Problem, I think :)

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> That DNS info is not what I have in my dns config at all...  looking at the
> beggining of my 208.148.251.db:
> $ORIGIN 148.208.in-addr.arpa.
> $TTL 86400
> 251     IN      SOA     ns1.megalink.net.       hostmaster.megalink.net.
> (
>                         1999102001
>                         3600
>                         900
>                         864000
>                         86400   )
> 
>         IN      NS      ns1.megalink.net.
>         IN      NS      ns2.megalink.net.
> $ORIGIN 251.148.208.in-addr.arpa.
> 
> There is no oxford.megalink.net in there.. That is very old info...  Why
> would they still have that ?
> Jim G

	A wild guess would be that you havn't told them things have
	changed.  It is your responsability to ensure the parent zone
	has the correct set on nameservers and glue records for your
	zones.  This includes reverse zones.

	Mark


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <marka at isc.org>
> To: James W Greene Jr <jwgreene at megalink.net>
> Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: DNS Problem, I think :)
> 
> 
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > >     I have a strange DNS Problem...
> > > Doing an nslookup from anyplace on our network, reverse and forward work
> > > great...  When I do an nslookup on the IP from say ns.cw.net it comes up
> as
> > > :
> > > *** ns.cw.net can't find 208.148.251.33: Server failed
> > > But when I do an nslookup on the hostname it comes up fine... I would
> assume
> > > that would be telling me that reverse is working fine, but not forward ?
> It
> > > works fine from machines connected to us, but not from other dns
> servers...
> > > How do I go about fixing this ?
> > > Jim G
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Firstly you should not have a CNAME registered for a nameserver.
> > Secondly tabbi.megalink.net is not running a nameserver.
> >
> > You need to get the nameservers for 251.148.208.in-addr.arpa
> > properly delegated using their real names.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> -x +norec @NS.CW.NET
> > ; (1 server found)
> > ;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
> > ;; got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31827
> > ;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> > ;; QUERY SECTION:
> > ;; 33.251.148.208.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN
> >
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > 251.148.208.in-addr.arpa.  1H IN NS  oxford.megalink.net.
> >
> > ;; Total query time: 567 msec
> > ;; FROM: bsdi.dv.isc.org to SERVER: NS.CW.NET  204.70.128.1
> > ;; WHEN: Sat Oct 23 00:45:19 1999
> > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 45  rcvd: 102
> >
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> oxford.megalink.net
> > ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> > ;; got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4
> > ;; QUERY SECTION:
> > ;; oxford.megalink.net, type = A, class = IN
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > oxford.megalink.net. 23h53m29s IN CNAME  tabbi.megalink.net.
> > tabbi.megalink.net. 23h53m29s IN A 205.243.60.5
> >
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > megalink.net. 23h53m29s IN NS  ns1.megalink.net.
> > megalink.net. 23h53m29s IN NS  ns2.megalink.net.
> > megalink.net. 23h53m29s IN NS  ns2.sprintlink.net.
> > megalink.net. 23h53m29s IN NS  ns3.sprintlink.net.
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > ns1.megalink.net. 1d23h53m28s IN A  205.243.60.3
> > ns2.megalink.net. 1d23h53m28s IN A  205.243.60.2
> > ns2.sprintlink.net. 23h54m IN A 199.2.252.10
> > ns3.sprintlink.net. 23h53m56s IN A 204.97.212.10
> >
> > ;; Total query time: 1 msec
> > ;; FROM: bsdi.dv.isc.org to SERVER: default -- 130.155.191.233
> > ;; WHEN: Sat Oct 23 00:46:34 1999
> > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 37  rcvd: 232
> >
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> ns . @tabbi.megalink.net +vc
> > ; (1 server found)
> > ;; res options: init usevc recurs defnam dnsrch
> > ;; res_nsend to server tabbi.megalink.net  205.243.60.5: Connection
> refused
> >
> > 00:51:36.707800 tabbi.megalink.net > bsdi.dv.isc.org: icmp:
> tabbi.megalink.net udp port domain unreachable (DF)
> >
> > --
> > 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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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org