DNS server works but keep getting "host unreachable resolving" error

[Michael Monnerie]

On Montag 21 September 2009 Shi Jin wrote:
> However, it looks to me like the ISP provided DNS server
> (216.171.238.66) was not able to resolve any of the names and all the
> resolving is done at the top level servers. Is my understanding
> correct?

Try
dig @216.171.238.66 hp.com
to see if the .66 host answers to your queries. Maybe you got a wrong IP 
there? Try the same for .67, the other DNS.

mfg zmi
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