From: Brett <[email protected]> To: Daniel Melameth <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Only the first nameserver entry in resolv.conf is being queried Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:46:15 -0700 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; x86_64-unknown-openbsd5.0)
> > nameserver 208.71.35.137 > > nameserver 84.22.100.250 > > nameserver 67.212.90.199 > > > > The nameserver at 208.71.35.137 does not seem to be returning DNS queries > > with the above resolv.conf configuration. On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:16:02 -0600 Daniel Melameth <[email protected]> wrote: > > A quick dig @208.71.35.137 shows it is responding, but not providing > an answer. I imagine if 208.71.35.137 was not responding at all, > resolv.conf would behave as expected. > I just tried a putting a couple of random IP addresses as the first nameserver on the list, and now resolv.conf is indeed going through the list when the first one fails to give an answer. Thanks, Daniel! Brett.

