dns failing

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Wed Dec 15 20:16:37 UTC 1999


On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 03:54:00PM +0000, Marek Narkiewicz wrote:
> I can successfully launch my named with no error messages. When i try to use it 
> (using nslookup) however I get this error message:
> *** Can't find server name for address 212.41.41.71: Non-existent host/domain
> and nslookup defaults to the second DNS server listed.
> Is this possibly because my server's host name doesn't match what is reurned by 
> reverse dns? As I am not authoritative for that I have to wait for my isp to update their 
> settings.
> cheers
> --
> Marek Narkiewicz, Webmaster Intercreations
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A little stronger - I believe that it is because there is no reverse DNS
for that IP address.  Hope you can iron this out with your ISP.

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