newbie question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <a49jil$k88 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Dave Brooks <dab_design at btinternet.com> wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I've just set up a name server unsing BIND 9 (not sure which version -
>sorry) and Linux on a private network using the ip range 172.24.152.0 subnet
>255.255.255.0 and it works great, even forwarding queries to another upsteam
>dns for a few sites (firewall stuff etc.) for machines on the same subnet/ip
>range. However, when I try and access the nameserver from a subnet within
>the network (172.24.192.0 subnet 255.255.255.128) it just will not work! I
>can ping the server, telnet, send/recieve mail, finger etc. - everything
>apart from access the dns. The only thing I have noticed is that I can't
>'traceroute' from the server back to a workstation on the subnet and I can't
>ftp to the L:inux server from a pc on the subnet.

This sounds like some kind of firewall issue, since it's blocking
application-specific traffic from specific address ranges.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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