On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Wilson's Lan Connection wrote: : Hi : I can't find my own domain name on my dns server using nslookup and : traceroute. : : Here is what happens : ++++++ : > douala1.com : server: ns1.douala1.com : Address : 207.8.232.130 : : **** ns1.douala1.com can't find douala1.com: Server failed. : > : What is the problem? : wilson Tuma
You don't have an address record for the domain itself. bohr:~ $ dig @ns1.douala1.com douala1.com any ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns1.douala1.com douala1.com any ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; douala1.com, type = ANY, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: douala1.com. 0S IN NS ns1.douala1.com. douala1.com. 0S IN MX 10 m1.douala1.com. douala1.com. 0S IN SOA ns1.douala1.com. admin.douala1.com. ( 199802151 ; serial 2H ; refresh 1W ; retry 1D ; expiry 0S ) ; minimum ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.douala1.com. 0S IN A 207.8.232.130 m1.douala1.com. 0S IN A 207.8.232.131 ;; Total query time: 834 msec ;; FROM: bohr to SERVER: ns1.douala1.com 207.8.232.130 ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 20 10:51:42 1998 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 29 rcvd: 140 -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)