dig and nslookup do not work. completely out of ideas

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9kg4v9$53n at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Steve <dodger_21 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have setup a dns server on a bsd box but I cannot get it to work.
>I am completely and utterly out of ideas. If anyone can look at the
>following info and figure out what is wrong here. I can provide you with any
>addtional information necessary also. I am using domain.com so I do not have
>to reveal the actual domain.
>216.130.161.143 is my primary server ns1.domain.com
>216.130.165.52 is secondary ns2.domain.com
>Ive also check in /var/log/messages and ndc starts up fine and reports no
>errors.
>
>dig returns back the following message on every domain
>
>ns1# dig www.excite.com
>
>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.excite.com
>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>;; res_nsend to server default -- 216.130.161.143: Operation timed out

My guess is that there's something blocking recursive queries from your
server to the servers outside your network.  Most likely, there's a
firewall or filtering router that isn't allowing the replies back in.

>ns1# dig www.excite.com @ 216.130.161.143

Get rid of the space between @ and 216.130.161.143.  Notice that in the
query below, it took 216.130.161.143 to be the name that you wanted to look
up.

>
>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.excite.com @ 216.130.161.143
>; Bad server:  -- using default server and timer opts
>; (2 servers found)
>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>;; got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
>;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>;; QUERY SECTION:
>;;      216.130.161.143, type = A, class = IN
>
>;; Total query time: 0 msec
>;; FROM: ns1.blacksheephosting.com to SERVER: default -- 216.130.161.143
>;; WHEN: Sat Aug  4 00:04:44 2001
>;; MSG SIZE  sent: 33  rcvd: 33

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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