Help resolve 24.67.xx.xx

[Kevin Darcy]

I can resolve 24.67.114.40 just fine using the normal query-resolution mechanisms,
but  24.0.0.27 returns SERVFAIL for the query. Perhaps you should ask home.net
what's wrong with their nameserver.


- Kevin

Robert King wrote:

> Hi All:
>  In the last few days, my AIX machine at school has been unable to resolve
> reverse addresses for 24.67.xx.xx. All other addresses such as
> 24.64.xx.xx and 24.65.xx.xx are fine. What is strange is that
> they all authoritative by ns1.home.net and ns2.home.net.
> If I am from Shaw, I have no problem resolving these. I can
> ping both ns1.home.net and ns2.home.net fine from school.
> Can any one help shed some light? Below are a few failed attempts
> to resolve 24.67. The last query is sucessful for 24.64.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> ############ pings are fine
> #ping -c 2 ns1.home.net
> PING ns1.home.net: (24.0.0.27): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 24.0.0.27: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=158 ms
> 64 bytes from 24.0.0.27: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=148 ms
>
> ----ns1.home.net PING Statistics----
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 148/153/158 ms
> #ping -c 2 ns2.home.net
> PING ns2.home.net: (24.2.0.27): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 24.2.0.27: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=203 ms
> 64 bytes from 24.2.0.27: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=178 ms
>
> ----ns2.home.net PING Statistics----
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 178/190/203 ms
>
> ############# failures trying to resolve 24.67
> #nslookup -type=ptr 40.114.67.24.in-addr.arpa
> Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
>
> *** named.domain.ca can't find 40.114.67.24.in-addr.arpa:Non-existent host/domain
> #nslookup -type=ptr 40.114.67.24.in-addr.arpa 24.0.0.27
> Server:  ns1.home.net
> Address:  24.0.0.27
>
> *** ns1.home.net can't find 40.114.67.24.in-addr.arpa:Non-existent host/domain
> #nslookup -type=ptr 40.114.67.24.in-addr.arpa 24.2.0.27
> Server:  ns2.home.net
> Address:  24.2.0.27
>
> *** ns2.home.net can't find 40.114.67.24.in-addr.arpa:Non-existent host/domain
> #nslookup
> Default Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
>
> > lserver 24.0.0.27
> Default Server:  ns1.home.net
> Address:  24.0.0.27
> ################## 24.64 has no problem.
> > 24.64.104.81
> Server:  ns1.home.net
> Address:  24.0.0.27
>
> Name:    24.64.104.81.ab.wave.home.com
> Address:  24.64.104.81
>
>
> > 24.67.114.40
> Server:  ns1.home.net
> Address:  24.0.0.27
>
> *** ns1.home.net can't find 24.67.114.40:Server failed