On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:47 AM, Kevin Oberman <rkober...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Balanagaraju Munukutla <9ba...@sg.ibm.com> > wrote: > > Hi > > Any one could help on the error below. > > > [andrew@oc8163211842 ~] $ dig @xxxx.com abcd.com.sg mx > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5 <<>> @xxxxx.com abcd.com.sg mx > ; (1 server found) > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > > [andrew@oc8163211842 ~]$ dig @xxxx.com abcd.com.sg mx > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5 <<>> @xxxxx.com abcd.com.sg mx > ; (1 server found) > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > --------------------------- > > Thanks & Regards > Nagaraj > > This message is virtually content free. You basically said "Something in DNS > failed at a very basic level, but I will remove any information that might > provide even a slight clue to determine why." You hide the query and the > server. All that can really be said is that your client failed to get a > response from the specified server. Unless, maybe, he did and doesn't know how to use dig? wkumari$ dig +norec +nocomment +nostats MX abcd.com.sg @xxxx.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.5-P1 <<>> +norec +nocomment +nostats MX abcd.com.sg @xxxx.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached OK, fair enough, xxxx.com is not a name server, but: wkumari$ dig +norec +nocomment +nostats NS xxxx.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.5-P1 <<>> +norec +nocomment +nostats NS xxxx.com ;; global options: +cmd ;xxxx.com. IN NS xxxx.com. 3348 IN NS dns4.name-services.com. xxxx.com. 3348 IN NS dns2.name-services.com. xxxx.com. 3348 IN NS dns1.name-services.com. xxxx.com. 3348 IN NS dns3.name-services.com. xxxx.com. 3348 IN NS dns5.name-services.com. ; <<>> DiG 9.8.5-P1 <<>> +norec +nocomment +nostats MX abcd.com.sg @dns1.name-services.com. ;; global options: +cmd ;abcd.com.sg. IN MX abcd.com.sg. 3600 IN MX 10 p.nsm.ctmail.com. <runs away, giggling like a maniac…> W > > Is the specified system even running DNS? Is a firewall blocking the query? > The response? Is the server yours or someone else's? Is routing allowing > bi-directional communication? Is these an outage that is blocking > communication? The list of possibilities just goes on and on. > > If you want help, you have to tell us something more than that it failed. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: rkober...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Don't be impressed with unintelligible stuff said condescendingly. -- Radia Perlman. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
