ip works dns doesn't

[Barry Margolin]

In article <39481937.3311073 at news.quik.com>,  <jbinion at wf.quik.com> wrote:
>Here is the reverse entry:
....
>34              IN      PTR     library.vrjc.cc.tx.us

You're missing the "." at the end of the name.  A name that doesn't end in
"." gets the zone name (36.254.206.in-addr.arpa) appended to it.  That's
what causes the strange result you see in the reverse nslookup below.

....

>Inside my firewall i can't reach the library.vrjc with the name or
>with the ip address.  Outside (from home) I can reach it with the ip
>address, but not with the name.  If I set the ip address to
>206.254.36.16 Then I can get to the library.vrjc server from inside or
>from home but only with the IP address.  
>
>When I run nslookup I get:
>
>> nslookup library.vrjc.cc.tx.us
>Server:  chaps.vrjc.cc.tx.us
>Address:  0.0.0.0
> 
>Name:    library.vrjc.cc.tx.us
>Address:  206.254.36.34
> 
>> nslookup 206.254.36.34
>Server:  chaps.vrjc.cc.tx.us
>Address:  0.0.0.0
> 
>Name:    library.vrjc.cc.tx.us.36.254.206.IN-ADDR.ARPA
>Address:  206.254.36.34
>
>any help would be appreciated.
>
>Jim Binion : )
>
>
>


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