telnet App not recursive

[Kevin Darcy]

Is the Internet nameserver reachable from your client? If not, then why even
have it in the resolv.conf? If it *is* reachable, then that explains why the
second nameserver isn't tried -- multiple nameservers in the resolv.conf file
are only there for failover purposes.

Jay, I believe you need to re-think your entire DNS architecture. Other
messages I've seen from you lead me to the conclusion that you've built it
based on some very wrong assumptions about how DNS and/or BIND works.
Hopefully you'll take that as constructive criticism rather than a cheap shot.
I'm just trying to help.


- Kevin

Quadri, Jay wrote:

> I have two nameservers listed in my workstation's resolv.conf file.  The
> first entry in the Internet NS and the second is the Intranet NS.  When I
> telnet to an Intranet server, my telnet application does not try to resolve
> using the second NS in the resolv.conf file list.  Any ideas?