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ls -d 174.180.209.in-addr.arpa

What happens?

Michael

pcmiller at uswest.net wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> i am somewhat new to this, so please bear with me.  i cannot get my
> DNS to show the PTR records.  basically when i do a nslookup on my IP
> address, i get a timeout.  when i do the same for my domain by name,
> it gets everything - but the PTR records.
> 
> what am i missing?
> 
> ns1.ecobyte.net         209.180.174.9
> ns2.ecobyte.net         209.180.174.10
> mail.ecobyte.net                209.180.174.11
> 
> dig me, dnswalk me...  no PTR records.
> 
> i have added the Primary Zone for 174.180.209.in-addr.arpa and i can
> see all the PTR records in that folder when i view it under the
> Microsoft DNS Manager...
> 
> is there something else i am supposed to do for reverse lookups?
> everything i have read goes very quickly over this topic with little
> information.
> 
> also, any extra information on SOA and NS records that you may be able
> to provide would help...
> 
> i have the O'Reilly books "DNS on Windows NT" and "DNS and Bind", i
> also have the New Riders "Windows NT DNS" book as well.  any
> references will help...
> 
> TIA for anything,
> pcmiller at uswest.net