DNS bind-9.2.2-13 not working

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	The reason for specifying multiple servers is to
	provide REDUNDANCY.  Giving two names to the same
	machine does not provide redunacy and just wastes
	bandwidth.

ns1.polychip.net.       2D IN A         67.95.110.169
ns2.polychip.net.       2D IN A         67.95.110.169

	I suspect you problem is a firewall.  You need to open
	up both 53/UDP and 53/TCP.

	Mark

> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to set up the dns for the past 1 week with no
> luck..If i dig any other website from the local redhat linux machine
> where this DNS is configured then it works fine, using this DNS to
> resolve the addresses..I have a zone called polychip.net ..again when
> i ping polychip.net from this machine it works fine and returns me the
> ip address of this machine(I am also trying to host www.polychip.net
> from an apache webserver on the same machine..)
> 
> >From any other machine if i try to ping www.polychip.net it just gets
> timed out.
> i have set this as a primary dns server with only forward resolution
> and not reverse resolution.
>   
> Initially in the named.conf , i had not specified the forwarders, but
> since nothing else was working i have given the forwarders inside
> option..I tried using www.dnsreport.com to check if the dns is
> working.This is what i get..=>
> 
>                               <=====>
> NS FAIL NS A timeout occurred getting the NS records from your
> nameservers! None of your nameservers responded fast enough. They are
> probably down or unreachable. I can't continue since your nameservers
> aren't responding. .
>                               <=====>
> 
> My named.conf is as follows =>
> 
> // generated by named-bootconf.pl
> 
> options {
> 	   directory "/var/named";
> 	/*
> 	 * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
> 	 * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
> 	 * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
> 	 * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
> 	 * port by default.
> 	 */
> 	// query-source address * port 53;
> 	forwarders{
> 		209.116.241.10;
> 		216.99.255.31;
> 		216.99.225.30;
> 	};
> };
> 
> 
> zone "." IN {
> 	type hint;
> 	file "named.ca";
> };
> 
> zone "polychip.net"  {
> 	type master;
> 	file "polychip.net.zone";
> //	allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> //zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa"  {
> //	type master;
> //	file "192.168.1.zone";
> //	allow-update { none; };
> //};
> 
> //zone "localhost"  {
> //	type master;
> //	file "localhost.zone";
> //	allow-update { none; };
> //};
> 
> //zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa"  {
> //	type master;
> //	file "named.local";
> //	allow-update { none; };
> //};
> 
> include "/etc/rndc.key";
> 
> And my zone files are 
> polychip.net.zone=>
> 
> 
> $TTL	86400
> @ 	IN	 SOA	polychip.net.	administrator.polychip.net. (
> 				2003112013	; serial 
> 				28800		; refresh
> 				14400		; retry
> 				3600000		; expire
> 				86400 )		; minimum
> 
>  			IN NS		ns1.polychip.net.
> 			IN NS		ns2.polychip.net.
> www			IN A		192.168.1.249
> ns1			IN A		192.168.1.249
> ns2			IN A		192.168.1.249
> 
> ;EOF
> 
> 
> --Can some one please help me? Thanks..Nisha
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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