Dig giving different output?

[Scott Baker]

We're having problems resolving ns1.portline-dns.net right now.

root at taurus(~)
:dig ns1.portline-dns.net

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> ns1.portline-dns.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 20806
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.portline-dns.net.          IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
portline-dns.net.       1332    IN      SOA     ns1.lnhi.net. 
administrator.lnhi.net. 2008041611 900 600 86400 3600

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 65.182.224.40#53(65.182.224.40)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 21 16:29:20 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 97

No answer... same server, just adding the +trace option 3 seconds later.

root at taurus(~)
:dig ns1.portline-dns.net +trace

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> ns1.portline-dns.net +trace
;; global options:  printcmd
.                       419952  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       419952  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
;; Received 500 bytes from 65.182.224.40#53(65.182.224.40) in 1 ms

net.                    172800  IN      NS      C.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      D.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      E.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      F.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      G.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      H.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      I.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      J.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      K.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      L.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      M.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      A.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
net.                    172800  IN      NS      B.GTLD-SERVERS.net.
;; Received 507 bytes from 192.36.148.17#53(i.root-servers.net) in 329 ms

ns1.portline-dns.net.   172800  IN      A       209.41.184.100
portline-dns.net.       172800  IN      NS      ns1.portline-dns.net.
portline-dns.net.       172800  IN      NS      ns2.portline-dns.net.
;; Received 118 bytes from 192.31.80.30#53(D.GTLD-SERVERS.net) in 54 ms

Now I get 209.41.184.100! Switching back and forth between +trace and 
without I get different results. How is that?

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Scott Baker - Canby Telcom
RHCE - System Administrator - 503.266.8253