Bind doesn't respond to XP nslookup?
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Thu Jul 21 23:14:27 UTC 2005
In article <dbohuf$1plf$1 at sf1.isc.org>, <aklist_bind at enigmedia.com>
wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Sort of newbie question here...
>
> I have BIND 9.3.0 running on FreeBSD 5.3, with two views, a "local" one for
> my 192.168.0.x subnet and the other for everyone else.
>
> My "local" view has "recusion yes;", and it only has the root hints, reverse
> zones for 192.168.1/24 and 127/8, and my local zone file for my domain.
If your local subnet is 192.168.0.x, you should have a reverse zone for
192.168.0/24, not 192.168.1/24.
> Using a WinXP sp2 box on my local subnet, if I try to nslookup I get "DNS
> request timed out.", even though it's correctly resolving the IP of the NS.
This timeout could be when nslookup is trying to do a reverse lookup of
the nameserver's address. Since you have the wrong reverse domain, that
could be the problem.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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