From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 1 18:38:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F0416A4CF for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:38:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A50EF43D53 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:38:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E1373C13E; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:38:34 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:38:34 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Andy Firman Message-ID: <20041101183834.GB29223@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20041101152554.GA17470@akroteq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041101152554.GA17470@akroteq.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bind 8 to 9 upgrade question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:38:37 -0000 On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 06:25:54AM -0900, Andy Firman wrote: [...] > The new IP address has been registered with the registar > and all is well on the new box. > > The old box still has a bunch of sites on it that I am in > the process of moving to the new box over the next few months. > The zone files are all correct in pointing the domains > to the correct box (IP address). > > On the old box, if I turn off Bind 8 and edit resolv.conf and > enter the nameserver IP of the new box (primary DNS server), > it seems to slow down and serve the websites slowly. > So if I turn Bind 8 back on and put its own IP address in > /etc/resolv.conf, everything speeds up again. > The boxes are colo-ed together, and are one IP away from > each other so the lookups should not be a problem. Did you remember to update the PTR records for all the IPs in use on the new DNS server? Sounds like you've got the classic incorrect/invalid reverse-ip-lookup problem. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't want to achive immortality through my works.. I want to achieve it through not dying" - Woody Allen