Local works remote doesn't

Barry Margolin barmar at genuity.net
Sat Jun 17 03:49:23 UTC 2000


In article <B5702640.202B%gstrange at e-tsi.com>,
Greg Strange  <gstrange at e-tsi.com> wrote:
>BUT, if I try and use the IP address of my server to do lookup by typing
>
># nslookup citizenstrange.com 63.99.21.237
....
>*** Can't find server name for address 63.99.21.237: No information
>*** Default servers are not available
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be wrong?

The server at address 63.99.21.237 doesn't have a reverse DNS entry for its
own address.  nslookup never gets around to asking it about
citizenstrange.com.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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