Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:37:55 -0800 From: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Stephen Krans <sdk@visi.com> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA2, name resolution problem? Message-ID: <15026.20339.658116.77984@horsey.gshapiro.net> In-Reply-To: <20010316084030.A16744@visi.com> References: <20010315161333.A14337@visi.com> <20010316.181229.125831413.ume@FreeBSD.org> <20010316084030.A16744@visi.com>
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sdk> I'm seeing a ~ 60 second delay before the name is resolved and the sdk> connection is made. During that delay period, Ethereal shows several sdk> consecutive AAAA lookups before an A lookup is sent and IP immediately sdk> returned. sdk> This server's DNS setup points to another FreeBSD machine running sdk> 8.2.3-REL, which is config'd as 'forward only' and passes my request sdk> (since it's a external hostname) down the line to (I believe) a sdk> Windows NT server where the name resolution is acutally done. Sounds like your DNS server (the Windows NT server) can't handle AAAA queries properly. You can test this theory using: nslookup -d2 -q=aaaa hostname You can also see if other applications face the same problem: telnet -6 hostname To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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