hi... a. did you check resolv.conf
b. did you restart named ? c. if you only use 208.222.179.31 as your dns server... than does reverse work ?? d. are you running secondary on localhost from 208.222.179.31 e. was it using named.boot before and now its using named.conf ? have fun linuxing alvin > for some reason other servers cannot reverse resolve my ips anymore after > a recent bind upgrade, however when asking my server it works fine.. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/games] nslookup > Default Server: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > > 208.222.179.1 > Server: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > *** localhost can't find 208.222.179.1: Server failed > > > server 208.222.179.31 > Default Server: [208.222.179.31] > Address: 208.222.179.31 > > > 208.222.179.1 > Server: [208.222.179.31] > Address: 208.222.179.31 > > Name: cis1-eth1.firetrail.com > Address: 208.222.179.1 > > > this is what my zone file looks like: > > galactica:/var/named/reverse# head db.208.222.179 > $TTL 604800 > @ IN SOA ns1.firetrail.com. hostmaster.mail.firetrail.com. ( > 1999122601 ; Serial (yyyymmddnn) > 10800 ; refresh - 3yr > 3600 ; retry - 1hr > 604800 ; expire - 1 week > 86400 ) ; min TTL - 1 day > > (records here) > > i just added the $TTL value last night so maybe its possible that the > other servers just havent updated ? I am running bind 8.2.2p5-0slink. i > believe my DNS is working since it works when i query it directly.. > > ideas ? >