RedHat 7.1 Bind problem

[Kevin Darcy]

A truly concise answer isn't possible because you have omitted a very important
detail: whether your nameserver is directly connected to the Internet or not.
If directly connected, you need to configure an Internet root "hints" file. If
not directly connected, then you may need to set up "forwarding" to another
nameserver in order to be able to resolve Internet names.


- Kevin

Nikole Carlson wrote:

> I have seen some previous posts, but I couldn't find a concise answer so I
> want to repost this.
>
> We just installed RedHat 7.1 and are trying to get the Bind server up and
> running.  It is working fine for the zones it is the 'master' of, but I can
> not get the server to resolve any Internet queries.  For example, if I type
> ping www.shiva.com on the console, it says the it timed out and a connection
> to the server couldn't be established.  I can ping and connect to the
> server's by ip though.