BIND / NT problem

[Anthony Cross]

I have been running the Windows NT port on BIND v4.9.5 from software.com
(http://www.software.com) for some time as an alternative to our ISP's
usually 'touchy' DNS servers for our Mailer-Daemon. Network is
WindowsNT4SP6a with MS DNS disabled and all works well, without too much
drama, but I am forever having to remove BIND entries from the Windows NT
Event Log, such as

ns_forw: sendto([198.41.0.4].53): error code = 0
ns_forw: sendto([203.8.183.1].53): error code = 0
ns_forw: sendto([128.9.64.26].53): error code = 0
Err/TO getting serial# for "spiritmodems.com.au"
Err/TO getting serial# for "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa"
(xfer for spiritmodems.com.au failed) (child = 168) - rescheduling!
(xfer for 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa failed) (child = 180) - rescheduling!

The connection from the WinNT machine is via RAS/DUN to our ISP (not the SOA
holder for spiritmodems.com.au) and all mail transfers and lookups performed
by the Mailer-Daemon work perfectly.

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FILES
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--db.127.0.0 file--
@        IN SOA    0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. hostmaster.spiritmodems.com.au. (
            951213   ; serial number
            43200    ; refresh every 12 hours
            7200     ; retry after 2 hours
            1209600  ; expire after 2 weeks
            172800)  ; default ttl is 2 days
;
         IN NS    cobra.spiritmodems.com.au.
==========================================================
--named.boot file--
directory      D:\\bind
primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA db.127.0.0
secondary spiritmodems.com.au 203.2.192.124 db.zoneinfo
secondary 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa 203.2.192.124 db.inaddr
cache . db.cache

Entries in the file were created by the BIND set-up. Installation was as a
"Caching Only Server", that is not authoritative for any zone.

Anthony Cross
Administration Manager
Spirit Technology
www.spiritmodems.com.au
(a division of Mike Boorne Electronics Pty Limited)
'The Spirit Modem people...'


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