Make sure that the name of the server that you are running DNS on is not included as a host or a zone on that server.
For example on DNS server name ns1.domain .com remove any reference to ns1.domain.com in the DNS. At 06:45 PM 5/15/2002 , you wrote: >Len and all, > >What can you tell me about this one: > >DNS Server encountered a packet addressed to itself -- IP address >204.248.26.10. The DNS server should never be sending a packet to itself. >This situation usually indicates a configuration error. Check the following >areas for possible self-send configuration errors: 1) Forwarders list. >(DNS servers should not forward to themselves). 2) Master lists of >secondary zones. 3) Notify lists of primary zones. > > >and my favorite part... > > 4) Delegations of subzones. Must not contain NS record for DNS server >Example: -> This DNS server dns1.foo.com is the primary for the zone >foo.com. -> You have delegated the zone bar.foo.com to >bardns.bar.foo.com. and are NOT running the bar.foo.com zone on this >DNS (dns1.foo.com). -> bar.foo.com MUST NOT have an NS record that >points at dns1.foo.com. Note, you should make this check (with nslookup >or DNS manager) both on this DNS server and on the server(s) you >delegated the subzone to. It is possible that the delegation was done >correctly, but that the primary DNS for the subzone, has any incorrect >NS record pointing back at this server. If this incorrect NS record is >cached at this server, then the self-send could result. If found, the >subzone DNS server admin should remove the offending NS record. > >Thanks, >Katie > > > > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
