Can't find server name for address 192.168.161.143: Non-existent host/domain

[Kevin Darcy]

"Operation timed out" usually means there's no nameserver listening on the
port. You can check that with "netstat" on the nameserver. Or look at the
logs.

Another possibility is that, because you have not specified "forward only",
if your forwarder is slow, your nameserver may be constantly failing over and
trying to contact the root servers directly. If you have no connectivity to
the root servers, then these constant, doomed attempts can cause the
nameserver to thrash itself to death and stop answering queries. This too
should be apparent from the logs.


- Kevin

Steve wrote:

> Tried dig. Gives me the same crap
>
> $ dig www.excite.com
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.excite.com
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; res_nsend to server default -- 216.130.161.143: Operation timed out
> $
>
> "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message
> news:9kafok$41h at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> >
> > a) humor "nslookup" by setting up the relevant reverse zone,
> >
> > or
> >
> > b) stop using such a sucky lookup tool as nslookup. "dig", for example,
> doesn't
> > have these problems...
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > Steve wrote:
> >
> > > Ive got BIND8 installed on a machine with 2 ips. We will say the first
> IP is
> > > 192.168.161.143 and the second IP is 192.168.165.52
> > >
> > > Everytime I use these IP addresses to do a lookup I get the message
> > >
> > > $ nslookup www.excite.com
> > > *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.161.143: Non-existent
> > > host/domain
> > > *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.165.52: Timed out
> > > *** Default servers are not available
> > >
> > > This is what my resolv.conf looks like
> > >
> > > nameserver      192.168.161.143
> > > nameserver      192.168.165.52
> > >
> > > This is a copy of my named.conf
> > >
> > > options {
> > >         directory "/etc/namedb";
> > > forwarders {192.168.161.1;
> > >             };
> > > zone "." {
> > >         type hint;
> > >         file "named.root";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "localhost.rev";
> > > };
> > >
> > > zone
> "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT"
> > > {
> > >         type master;
> > >         file "localhost.rev";
> > > };
> > >
> > > These are not the real IP addresses I am using but the classes are the
> same.
> > > Any ideas what exactly is going on here. I can plug in any other DNS
> server
> > > besides these and it works.
> > > I also can not use 127.0.0.1. Gives me the same error. Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >