Unable to resolve www.springerlink.com

[Hement Gopal]

Hi Chris
Here is my response

root at marcus # dig www.springerlink.com

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.springerlink.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server default -- 146.141.15.210: Connection timed out
root at marcus # dig www.springerlink.com @alpha.ntp.springer.de

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.springerlink.com @alpha.ntp.springer.de
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      www.springerlink.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.springerlink.com.   2D IN CNAME     springerlink.metapress.com.
springerlink.metapress.com.  59m24s IN A  140.234.29.20

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
metapress.com.          1d11h23m26s IN NS  ns.metapress.com.
metapress.com.          1d11h23m26s IN NS  ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.metapress.com.       1d11h35m23s IN A  63.164.11.2
ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.  11h4m11s IN A  206.228.179.10

;; Total query time: 488 msec
;; FROM: marcus to SERVER: alpha.ntp.springer.de  192.129.24.9
;; WHEN: Wed May 25 09:49:27 2005
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 38  rcvd: 180



Chris wrote:

>"Hement Gopal" <hementg at cns.wits.ac.za> wrote in message 
>news:d6ujtf$23bm$1 at sf1.isc.org...
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>>Has anyone any clue as to why this does not resolve on my BIND?
>>Rgds,
>>Hement Gopal
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> Try ..
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>[chris at uranium chris]$ dig www.springerlink.com @alpha.ntp.springer.de
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>; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.springerlink.com @alpha.ntp.springer.de
>;; global options:  printcmd
>;; Got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25447
>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
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>;; QUESTION SECTION:
>;www.springerlink.com.          IN      A
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>;; ANSWER SECTION:
>www.springerlink.com.   172800  IN      CNAME   springerlink.metapress.com.
>springerlink.metapress.com. 594 IN      A       140.234.29.20
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>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>metapress.com.          7256    IN      NS      ns.metapress.com.
>metapress.com.          7256    IN      NS      ns1-auth.sprintlink.net.
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>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>ns.metapress.com.       8224    IN      A       63.164.11.2
>ns1-auth.sprintlink.net. 92758  IN      A       206.228.179.10
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>;; Query time: 53 msec
>;; SERVER: 192.129.24.9#53(alpha.ntp.springer.de)
>;; WHEN: Tue May 24 18:08:34 2005
>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 180
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>Chris. 
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