Can you give us some more information regarding your internal network? Do you have a dns server internally? Is palmetto.dnsalias.net a redhat box? Are you running NAT to your internal network?
mjb On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 14:58, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > I am having similar problems with DNS. I can't resolve > palmetto.dnslais.net form itself. I can from my XP box or from the > outside, just not iternally. I tried to ping myself, but that doesn't > work either > > I can do dig palmetto.dnsalias.net and get the following: > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> palmetto.dnsalias.net > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47521 > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;palmetto.dnsalias.net. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > palmetto.dnsalias.net. 60 IN A 151.213.88.57 > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > dnsalias.net. 85905 IN NS ns1.dyndns.org. > dnsalias.net. 85905 IN NS ns2.dyndns.org. > dnsalias.net. 85905 IN NS ns3.dyndns.org. > dnsalias.net. 85905 IN NS ns4.dyndns.org. > dnsalias.net. 85905 IN NS ns5.dyndns.org. > > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > ns1.dyndns.org. 64463 IN A 66.151.188.43 > ns2.dyndns.org. 84559 IN A 209.69.32.137 > ns3.dyndns.org. 84559 IN A 64.152.102.41 > ns4.dyndns.org. 84559 IN A 212.100.224.171 > ns5.dyndns.org. 84559 IN A 66.151.188.44 > > ;; Query time: 161 msec > ;; SERVER: 166.102.165.15#53(166.102.165.15) > ;; WHEN: Sun Mar 30 16:54:12 2003 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 256 > > > Any ideas? I'm at a loss. > > TIA > Palmetto Shopper > http://www.palmettoshopper.com > Serving all of South Carolina and beyond! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mark Johnson-Barbier > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Setting up NameServer with BIND > > > A whois query will not identify a problem in your dns configuration. To > check if dns is returning an IP address correctly, you should use the > "dig" command in the format: $ dig www.yourdomain.com > > If you see an an answer such as: > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > www.redhat.com. 300 IN A 66.187.232.56 > > and your IP address is correct, then you know dns is working. > > Another common way to test dns is to "ping" the server as in: > $ ping www.yourdomain.com > > If you get a response such as > $ ping www.wikkedskye.com > ping: unknown host www.wikkedskye.com > > you know dns or some other part of name resolution is not working. > > Another common problem for situations like this is that your web server > (I'm assuming you are using apache) has a misconfiguration in the > virtual web site section. > > If you can provide more specific data with your question, you'll get > better answers. For example, if you feel comfortable sharing your > domain name, others can determine if dns is working or not. > > mjb > > > > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 17:56, Wikked Skye wrote: > > I have been trying with this and reading articles with this for four > > days now, and I am stumped. I have checked everything, ports are > open, > > firewall is set okay. I can get to my website by using the ip, but > not > > with the www address. Everything is pointed correctly. I have > checked > > with WhoIs and everything seems to be set correctly. I have checked > > with my DSL provider and all ports are open. The only thing I can > > figure is that it must be something in this BIND configuration and the > > > way I have it set up. Is there any documentation that can explain > this > > better? Or anyone out there that might know more than me, since I am > > just a beginner anyway. > > > > Thanks, > > Kelly > > > -- > Mark Johnson-Barbier -- Mark Johnson-Barbier
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