Unable to query the nameserver

[Greg Whynott]

someone with way more bind clues than I would be able to give you a better answer.    the error returned begs two questions..

1. is this server behind or running a local firewall?
2. is bind actually listening on the proper interface?

you could confirm #2 by typing 'nslookup ns1.example.de 1.1.1.1'  where 1.1.1.1 is the ip of the local machine(you could even do this on another machine,  its telling the resolver to use 1.1.1.1 as the name server for initial queries,  if it works internally,  try an exterior machine to run the command on).  it should return your A RR.  also you could try typing " netstat -an | grep \:53\ | grep LIST " and see if its listening on the proper interface.  

do the logs complain about any zones?  something like "not loading zone X"..

good luck with things,
-g


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Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 5:08 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: Unable to query the nameserver

I am configuring BIND on two servers: ns1.example.de on a server with
IP address 1.1.1.1 and ns2.example.de on a server with IP address
1.1.2.2. BIND starts fine on both servers, but when I try to configure
my domain name in the registrar's control panel I get this error:
"""
Error : Unable to query the nameserver ns1.example.de
"""

Of course