> From: Unga <unga...@yahoo.com> > To: Ilya Kazakevich <kazakevichi...@gmail.com> > Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:36 PM > Subject: Re: Bind99 stopped resolving for external queries > > Hi IIya > > Thank you for your reply. > >> Hello, > >> >> >> >>> From my laptop if I ping the server: >>> ping www.mydoamin.com >>> ping: cannot resolve www.mydoamin.com: Host name lookup failure >>> >>> But if I log in to the server and do the same ping, it works fine. >>> >>> >> >> >> 1) check your laptop is configured to work with this DNS server (cat > /etc/resolv.conf on laptop or "ipconfig /all | findstr DNS" in case of > windows ) > > My laptop and the server are in two different countries. Btw, laptop also run > FreeBSD. > > > >> 2) check server is accessible (ping <YOUR_SERVER_IP> from laptop) > > Yes, the server is accessible (ping <YOUR_SERVER_IP> from the laptop. > > >> 3) check server is accessible via TCP/53 > ("telnet <YOUR_SERVER_IP> 53" from your laptop) > > No, there was a reverse DNS error here. It was pointing to the Reverse DNS > server of the data centre. > > Now its been corrected: > > telnet <YOUR_SERVER_IP> 53 > Trying <YOUR_SERVER_IP>... > Connected to ns1.mydomain.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > >> 4) check firewall on server and/or devices between server and laptop, it may > block requests > > No firewall on the server yet. > > >> 5) check your server is configured to use the same DNS: cat > /etc/resolv.conf >> > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver other_ip1 > nameserver other_ip2 > > > Although the Reverse DNS is now been corrected, still cannot ping as from the > laptop: > ping www.mydomain.com > ping: cannot resolve www.mydomain.com: Host name lookup failure > > Any ideas? > > Regards > Unga >
Hi all Found the problem. The domain name was expired 2 days ago. That was the last thing I expected :) Best regards Unga _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"