DNS, Nt 4.0 Resolution of domain names.

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BJ Freeman - 04 Feb 2004 03:12 GMT

Been fighting this for a long time.
Here is what I have found so far.
if a domain name NS server is in the CACHE then it will find the host.
if a Domain name is in a DNS server that is not in the Cache then until
the domain hosting the DNS is called up, the host will not be resolved.

This happens a lot with ORG.

any ideas?

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Me - 04 Feb 2004 13:53 GMT

What's the question? You have described the normal operation of the DNS
system.

Ray

> Been fighting this for a long time.
> Here is what I have found so far.
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>
> any ideas?

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BJ Freeman - 05 Feb 2004 01:59 GMT

clarification:
I type a URL in to the web browser. Like www.vmelinux.org
this goes to my DNS servers and I get a
Cannot find server or DNS Error

then I go to the dns server look up the Name server
and type the www.URL in for that domain.

now I can type in www.vmelinux.org and go to it.

Question is; How do I get the name server to resolve to www.vmelinux.org
without having to do the extra step?

> What's the question? You have described the normal operation of the DNS
> system.
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> >
> > any ideas?

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Me - 12 Feb 2004 03:42 GMT

Sounds like you don't have a root zone on your DNS server. The . one.

Ray

> clarification:
> I type a URL in to the web browser. Like www.vmelinux.org
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> > > any ideas?

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Jonathan de Boyne Pollard - 27 Mar 2004 17:04 GMT

BF> I type a URL in to the web browser. Like www.vmelinux.org
BF> this goes to my DNS servers and I get a
BF> Cannot find server or DNS Error
BF> then I go to the dns server look up the Name server
BF> and type the www.URL in for that domain.
BF> now I can type in www.vmelinux.org and go to it.

_Without_ going through that procedure on the DNS server, show us the outputs
of running, on the machine where the web browser is,

netdig www.vmelinux.org a

three times, separated by 30 second intervals.

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Jeff Cochran - 04 Feb 2004 16:55 GMT

>Been fighting this for a long time.
>Here is what I have found so far.
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>
>This happens a lot with ORG.

It happens a lot with all domains. This is how DNS works... :)

Unless you actually have a resolution issue you're not describing well
enough.

Jeff

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