Re: DNS (OT)

2003-09-30 Thread dbrett
Thanks too everybody for there help. I still don't know what the problem is. I now do know the query is only going to, two of the DNS servers. I don't know why, everything looks good. I did learn more and now have a couple good sites for helping. thanks again to everybody david -- redhat-l

Re: DNS (OT)

2003-09-30 Thread dbrett
This is a very good site. Thanks for pointing it out. I would like to give out the domain, but can't and keep my job. Sorry about that. Below is what I got back from the website In answer to your question the three servers are listed: DomainTypeClassTTLAnswer domain.com.NS IN

RE: DNS (OT)

2003-09-30 Thread Bret Hughes
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 13:09, dbrett wrote: > The computers in the domain were all up. So even if the entries were > cached shouldn't the requests still work. (I thought the zone entries were > cached not the DNS) > > I though with the first two servers down, the request would go to the > third se

Re: DNS (OT)

2003-09-30 Thread Pete Nuwayser
Sounds like a registration issue. Since as you say it is possible to perform dns requests directly to the working server a la "dig @server request" it seems like this third server has no NS record registered for your domain. Suggest you have a look at www.dnsstuff.com (which, by the way, is curr

RE: DNS (OT)

2003-09-30 Thread dbrett
The computers in the domain were all up. So even if the entries were cached shouldn't the requests still work. (I thought the zone entries were cached not the DNS) I though with the first two servers down, the request would go to the third server. What am I missing? david On Tue, 30 Sep 2003,

RE: DNS (OT)

2003-09-30 Thread Barry Johnson
This has to do with how long you primary and secondary dns servers have been down. Since most dns servers operate a cache it will take awhile for all the correct settings to propagate around the ether world. If they have been down for more than a couple of days I would say your dns server isn't p