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Date:      Wed, 4 Jul 2001 13:15:07 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bind question - LONG
Message-ID:  <20010704131507.D696@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <863d8cy7pl.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com>; from wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk on Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:33:58PM %2B0100
References:  <863d8cy7pl.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com>

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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:33:58PM +0100, Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I seem to hit this problem every time I install bind. I have a couple
> of workarounds, but I don't like ANY of them. 
> 
> This should probably be a FAQ by now. Once I sort this out, I'll write
> one and submit it for addition into the handbook.
> 
> The only thing I have changed in this example is my machines IP
> range and my domain. All other data is accurate :)
> 
> Here is what happens: I do an nslookup from the machine as follows: 
> nslookup - 192.168.1.170 and I get the following output:
> 
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.170: Timed out
> *** Default servers are not available

First, DO NOT USE nslookup(8). It does some really annoying things,
like insist on doing a reverse-lookup on the server IP you give it.
nslookup(8) is considered depricated and you should try to use host(1)
and dig(1) instead. See what happens with those so we can get some
reliable results for debugging.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu

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