Hey Robert, Yes, the advice was not quite right. dig -x takes an address as an argument, not a name. There's a manual page which presumably isn't installed if you're using Linux, since who needs manual pages. You don't need to specify the QTYPE with -x since it sets it to PTR for you; to get the IPv6 address you need to specify QTYPE=AAAA since otherwise dig defaults to A.
dig @resolver robert-chalmers.uk <http://robert-chalmers.uk/> AAAA should answer with your IPv6 address, if there is one, and dig -x @resolver 2a02:...(etc) should answer with the name, if there is one Joe > On 18 Dec 2018, at 04:25, Robert Chalmers via Unbound-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, but nope, all I get back is the ipv4 address. > So I’m doing something wrong. > > robert > > > >> On 18 Dec 2018, at 08:33, A. Schulze via Unbound-users >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> Robert Chalmers via Unbound-users: >> >>> So I’m pretty sure I’ve set this up right, but how do I check? >> >> $ dig -x @resolver robert-chalmers.uk <http://robert-chalmers.uk/> >> shoud answer with your IPv6 >> or >> $ dig @resolver >> 1.9.e.f.6.4.e.c.2.6.4.e.9.6.0.c.0.0.b.8.5.8.a.3.f.7.c.0.2.0.a.2.ip6.arpa. ptr >> should answer with the name >> >> > > Robert Chalmers > https://robert-chalmers.uk <https://robert-chalmers.uk/> > [email protected] > @R_A_Chalmers >
