So, 1. a remote dns server can find the domain 2. your local dns server can't find the domain 3. your local dns server can find other domains
If your machine is using just this DNS server and 3 is true, then it must be doing recursive lookups. What sort of network setup is this? How recently has the troubled domain been setup? i've experienced a lot of wierd behaviour around times that domains are changed. I've recently experienced the following problem: 1. you lookup the domain, but it hasnt been set up at TLD yet, and the isp's dns server we use caches this 2. the domain is set up at tld 3. you make a request and get the cached failure, but any other 'fresh' or 'properly configured' dns server can see the domain. Daniel. > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Patterson > Sent: 15 November 2004 19:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Local DNS > > > Danny Angus <Danny_Angus <at> slc.co.uk> writes: > > > 1/ because it doesn't delegate lookups > > 2/ because it might also be stymied by your firewall > > 3/ because your paranoid network admins won't let you. > > > > Look at the operating system NS settings on the server. > > The firewall is also the DNS and DHCP server and the DNS address > supplied to my > machine is 10.0.0.138. When I do a dig for the dodgy domain the > DNS server > indeed has no answer for it. When I dig with a different DNS > server it does > return the correct answer. So it seems that case 1/ is correct. > > > Can you do an nslookup (or whatever) for the dodgy domain? > > If so use that DNS server IP instead. > > If not try to find one that does work. > > If not you're kind-of stuck. > > > > I assume that A and MX records do actually exist for the domain? > > > > Yes the records exist. I don't know much about DNS so I was wondering why > programs such as browsers have no problem using this "caching" > DNS server which > does not resolve recursive lookups but James does. > > John. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
