well i figured it all out thanks to this list: dnswalk was saying i didn't have ptr records for a bunch of my addresses, but when i checked the config files, everything was ok. after much testing, i realised that made a mistake a long time ago when i wrote named.conf and didn't add the "in-addr.arpa" when naming the zone for the reverse lookup.
thanks everyone for your help. _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - dwight d. eisenhower ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Wilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Re: spontaneous lag (x3) > > My /etc/resolv.conf uses internal M$ DNS servers, (not maintained by > > me), that I know specifically do not have reverse dns setup. In fact, > > they never have, and the current admin thinks it's stupid to use reverse > > I believe that there's a typo there. You meant to drop the t' and put a > period before the "to". > > > dns. But, forward dns works (all windows clients have registered > and running my own reverse dns, but is it really worth it? > > > Anyone else have any suggestions? > > Convince the DNS administrator that s/he's a moron. Many services run > better, or only, if reverse DNS is functioning. This doesn't necessarily > mean that every host has to be in there, but you *must* at least get a > response from the DNS server. > > Ed Wilts > Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
