No response from server

[Kevin Darcy]

Changing your IP address with Network Solutions just helps other people resolve
names in *your* domain(s), it doesn't directly have anything to do with your
ability to resolve names in other people's domains.

It sure looks like a networking problem, based on what little you have
described. I know you said that your linksys is passing port 53, but
double-check it. Or something upstream at your new ISP may be screwing you over.

If you run dig on your nameserver box and point it directly at a root server,
can you resolve anything at all (you should get back at least a referral)? By
doing so, you eliminate your local nameserver and/or its configuration from the
mix. If you can't resolve queries that way, then it's almost certainly a
network/firewall problem.


- Kevin

Steve Gorman wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I can resolve all machine names that are in my zone but when I try to resolve
> anything that would require using my db.cache list of root nameservers I get
> no response from server. I do have a small linksys firewall/router but it is
> passing port 53 udp/tcp to my nameserver and my named.conf file has
> the "query-source address * port 53" set correctly.
>
> A little history.  All this was working great just two weeks ago. Then I
> changed ISP's and therefor got a new IP address. After 8 hours of hold time
> on the phone with Network Solutions I got the host record changed for my
> nameserver and the reconfigured my domain files with the updated IP address.
> Ever since then I am getting squat for dns. It is also screwing up sendmail.
> Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thx in advance