"request timed out" error?

[Kevin Darcy]

The real domain is ustc.ac. It appears that pns.ustc.ac is the master and=
 is
non-responsive, and that sns.ustc.ac was never configured as a slave, so =
it's
having the same problems that everyone else is trying to resolve names in=
 the
zone.


- Kevin

Mathias K=F6rber wrote:

> It would be useful if you could tell us your real
> domainname, and the name/IP addresses of the nameservers
> you are trying to query. There are many potential reasons
> for this (firewall, routing/network problem, misconfiguration etc).
> Only if the real data is known can others try and help.
> Also: DO you have access to your nameserver's configuration?
> Sharing it might help others help figure it out.
>
> mathias
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> > Behalf Of Aniu
> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 18:20
> > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> > Subject: "request timed out" error?
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> > i run a Simple DNS Plus program on a Win2000 Professional to test the
> > functionality of the DNS.
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> > 1. I could do every resolve requests successfully when using the loca=
l
> > machine itself as the nameserver.
> > 2. But when I use other server to test, I always got a "request timed=
 =3D
> out"
> > error.
> > ------------------------------
> > > lserver ns.nic.ac
> > > mydomainname.ac
> > Server:  ns.nic.ac
> > Address:  194.205.62.120
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> > DNS request timed out.
> >     timeout was 2 seconds.
> > *** Request to ns.nic.ac timed-out
> > ------------------------------
> > 3. Then i went back home, dialed up to the internet. And run nslookup
> > remotely to test the DNS. I use "lserver" to point to the DNS machine=
, =3D
> but
> > now, I got the "request timed out" error as well!
> > ------------------------------
> > > lserver pns.mydomainname.ac
> > > mydomainname.ac
> > Server:  pns.mydomainname.ac
> > Address:  1xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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> > DNS request timed out.
> >     timeout was 2 seconds.
> > *** Request to pns.mydomainname.ac timed-out
> > ------------------------------
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> > I'm not experienced with DNS, so ideas and comments are wellcome! =3D
> Thanks.
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