Bind 9.2.1 strangeness (dig)

[Robert Gahl]

I'm having some strange problems wrt BIND 9.2.1 and am at a loss to 
understand what is happening.

The network topology here is that we live behind a DSL router (Flowpoint 
2200) that is doing NAT for our office. When I attempt the following query 
from the DNS master, I get:

[flame:/etc/rc.d/init.d]# dig taylormadegolf.com

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> taylormadegolf.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server default -- 192.168.254.1: Connection timed out

However, when I do another dig, using a different domain, I get a valid 
response:

[flame:/etc/rc.d/init.d]# dig wingchun.com

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> wingchun.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      wingchun.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
wingchun.com.           6H IN A         64.82.99.81

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
wingchun.com.           6H IN NS        speakeasy.earthlink.net.
wingchun.com.           6H IN NS        rumor.earthlink.net.
wingchun.com.           6H IN NS        hearsay.earthlink.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
rumor.earthlink.net.    1d23h59m58s IN A  207.69.188.202
hearsay.earthlink.net.  1d23h59m58s IN A  207.69.188.201
speakeasy.earthlink.net.  1d23h59m58s IN A  207.69.188.200

;; Total query time: 2868 msec
;; FROM: flame.fireclick.com to SERVER: default -- 192.168.254.1
;; WHEN: Thu Feb  6 13:20:44 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 30  rcvd: 173

If I use one of our DNS servers that is located in one of our co-location 
facilities, I get a proper answer for taylormadegolf.com:

web <bgahl>: dig taylormadegolf.com

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> taylormadegolf.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      taylormadegolf.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
taylormadegolf.com.     3h50m43s IN A   209.204.119.40

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
taylormadegolf.com.     4h36m3s IN NS   ns2.snip.net.
taylormadegolf.com.     4h36m3s IN NS   ns1.snip.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.snip.net.           1d21h50m43s IN A  209.204.64.2
ns2.snip.net.           1d21h50m43s IN A  209.204.64.3

;; Total query time: 3 msec
;; FROM: web to SERVER: default -- 63.146.119.75
;; WHEN: Thu Feb  6 13:22:22 2003
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 36  rcvd: 128

Does anyone have any pointers as to why I can't resolve this one domain but 
am able to resolve others? I have flushed the cache, restarted named, etc. 
trying to see if a clue comes forth, to no avail.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide...


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