Can't find server name for address 192.168.161.143: Non-existent host/domain

[Kevin Darcy]

a) humor "nslookup" by setting up the relevant reverse zone,

or

b) stop using such a sucky lookup tool as nslookup. "dig", for example, doesn't
have these problems...


- Kevin

Steve wrote:

> Ive got BIND8 installed on a machine with 2 ips. We will say the first IP is
> 192.168.161.143 and the second IP is 192.168.165.52
>
> Everytime I use these IP addresses to do a lookup I get the message
>
> $ nslookup www.excite.com
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.161.143: Non-existent
> host/domain
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.165.52: Timed out
> *** Default servers are not available
>
> This is what my resolv.conf looks like
>
> nameserver      192.168.161.143
> nameserver      192.168.165.52
>
> This is a copy of my named.conf
>
> options {
>         directory "/etc/namedb";
> forwarders {192.168.161.1;
>             };
> zone "." {
>         type hint;
>         file "named.root";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
>         type master;
>         file "localhost.rev";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT"
> {
>         type master;
>         file "localhost.rev";
> };
>
> These are not the real IP addresses I am using but the classes are the same.
> Any ideas what exactly is going on here. I can plug in any other DNS server
> besides these and it works.
> I also can not use 127.0.0.1. Gives me the same error. Thanks!