Friday, Bruce Dawson gleaned this insight:
> Bruce Dawson wrote:
> >
> > The line to the secondary name server is sporadically down. However, the
> > primary is working (I just checked it), but it has a slow/highly
> > congested line.
> >
> > Also www.gnhlug.org was changed to point to the backup site
> > (207.22.43.150) a few weeks ago (until we could get the lines repaired
> > (again). So I suspect there's something wrong with your local name
> > server - it doesn't appear to be failing over to the secondary.
I'll have to disagree:
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$ nslookup www.gnhlug.org
Server: mail.netria.com
Address: 172.16.1.4
*** mail.netria.com can't find www.gnhlug.org: Non-existent host/domain
[derek@sol C]
$ nslookup
Default Server: mail.netria.com
Address: 172.16.1.4
> server ulowell.uml.edu
Default Server: ulowell.uml.edu
Address: 129.63.1.1
> www.gnhlug.org
Server: ulowell.uml.edu
Address: 129.63.1.1
*** ulowell.uml.edu can't find www.gnhlug.org: No response from server
> server NS1.BOSTONNETWORKS.COM
Default Server: NS1.BOSTONNETWORKS.COM
Address: 63.211.176.133
> www.gnhlug.org
Server: NS1.BOSTONNETWORKS.COM
Address: 63.211.176.133
*** NS1.BOSTONNETWORKS.COM can't find www.gnhlug.org: No response from
server
> server NS.ISI.EDU
Default Server: NS.ISI.EDU
Address: 128.9.128.127
> www.gnhlug.org
Server: NS.ISI.EDU
Address: 128.9.128.127
*** Request to NS.ISI.EDU timed-out
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I did actually get one positive response from M.I.T.'s DNS server
(bitsy.mit.edu), but that was the only one out of quite a few that I
tried. Also I did other querries at these servers for common internet
sites and they all came back correctly.
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