"Default servers are not available"

[Thomas Endo]

Matthew,

It looks like you may need to check for a reverse address mapping.  This is
the same error message I've seen with WinNT 4.0 nslookup.  I've tried doing
a reverse address lookup, and it returns an SOA for ns1-auth.sprintlink.net
with e-mail address dns-admin at sprintlink.net, so you may need to contact
them
to make the changes for you.

Check for other in-addr.arpa zones within your configuration files.  They
may
be missing or misconfigured.  I was able to get 127.0.0.1, though.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Simpson [mailto:matthew at ectisp.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 8:29 AM
To: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: "Default servers are not available"



I'm using BIND 8.2.2-p5 on a Linux 2.2.16 kernel.   The machine is
ns1.ectisp.net (63.162.42.30) and it is setup as a slave to chief.ectisp.net
(63.162.42.17).  

We are using this machine as the DNS for our dialup clients, and everything
is
working fine.  It resolves names correctly.  However, if from a windows
machine
you try to nslookup it says

** Can't find server name for address 63.162.42.30: Non-existent domain
** Default Servers are not available.

Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 63.162.42.30

>

if you lookup something, it works just fine.  If you lookup ns1.ectisp.net
it
will work just fine.  ns1.ectisp.net is in chief.ectisp.net's DNS (NT DNS)
and
is chief is authoritive for this domain.

However, try to plug 63.162.42.30 in a linux /etc/resolv.conf  and the linux
nslookup gives the same error, but will not go to the > prompt.   It will
use
the nameserver, and everything works and resolves.

What is wrong?

Thanks,
Matthew Simpson
ectisp.net
(972) 923-9090