BIND 8 help - can't connect to local dns server...
Thor Kottelin
thor at anta.net
Mon Mar 6 09:48:10 UTC 2000
BIND Users Mailing List wrote:
> From: root <mshallop at shallop.com>
> When starting nslookup, it gives me an error before warping
> over to the next server I have in resolv.conf:
>
> *** Can't find server name for address 63.197.224.123: Non-existent
> host/domain
You need to set up reverse DNS for 63.197.224.123.
> I have a class-c subnet'd IP (net mask is: 255.255.255.248) - is this
> what's causing the problem? Is there a special way to configure bind
> given this IP assignment?
The best current practice for doing this is described in RFC 2317.
Btw., if one posts a zone file, it would be a good idea to also reveal the
domain name so people will know what the origin is. :-)
Thor
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