Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:30:39 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Andrei Brezan <andrei693@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd problem with DNS and IP change. Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20090228173013.02810f18@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <49A95AF8.2060608@gmail.com> References: <49A95AF8.2060608@gmail.com>
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At 09:40 AM 2/28/2009, Andrei Brezan wrote: >Hello list, > > I have a strange problem and I don't know what to relate it to. > My ISP >changed my IP from (eg) 10.1.1.1 to 15.1.1.1. I have changed my zone >files to reflect that change. > >"dig -t mx domain.com" results in mail.domain.com 3600 IN A 15.1.1.1 >(the new ip). However when i try: > >"ping mail.domain.com" it tries to get to 10.1.1.1 the old ip and gets >time to live exceeded fro an ip along the route. When i try to ping >domain.com it gets all ok as it pings the new ip. I've also tried dig >@(forwarders in named.conf) and they to got the correct mx dns entry for >domain.com. > In rc.conf i have hostname="mail.domain.com" (eg), i haven't changed >it, i'm thinking it's something related to hostid or hostuid but i don't >know where to search for this topic. > If anyone has a clue what to try or where to look upon this behavior >please shed some light. > >Thank you. > Check /etc/hosts which is used before DNS. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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