From owner-freebsd-questions  Sun Dec  8 06:12:55 1996
Return-Path: <owner-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA10749
          for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 06:12:55 -0800 (PST)
Received: from rigel.luznet.es ([194.74.92.2])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id GAA10744
          for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 06:12:52 -0800 (PST)
Received: (from root@localhost) by rigel.luznet.es (8.6.11/8.6.9) id PAA15282 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:12:46 +0100
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:12:46 +0100
From: garey mills <garey@rigel.luznet.es>
Message-Id: <199612081412.PAA15282@rigel.luznet.es>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: DNS and IP aliases problem
Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk


	I have a FreeBSD 2.1 machine on which I have several alias IP
addresses. I am using the name server on that machine as the primary
for several domains whose primary takes one of the alias IP addresses.
	The problem is that, using nslookup, if I set the server to be
one of the alias IP addresses and type=any and query the domain, the 
name server just times out.
	To be exact:

	In named.boot:

; Besys primary server
primary  besys.es                       besyshosts

	In besyshosts:

	;Names and aliases

localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
antares         IN      A       194.74.92.30

	In rc.local:

#Add Beta Systems address 
ifconfig de0 alias 194.74.92.30 netmask 0xffffffff
route add 194.74.92.30 127.0.0.1

	Now, from any other machine:

rigel# nslookup
Default Server:  rigel.luznet.es
Address:  194.74.92.2

> server 194.74.92.30
Default Server:  antares.besys.es
Address:  194.74.92.30

> set type=any
> besys.es
Server:  antares.besys.es
Address:  194.74.92.30
(here, using debug, I just get timeouts)

^C
> 

	However, if I set the server to the primary IP address for the 
interface, (i.e. not an alias):

rigel# nslookup
Default Server:  rigel.luznet.es
Address:  194.74.92.2

> server 194.74.92.6
Default Server:  arcturus.luznet.es
Address:  194.74.92.6

> set type=any
> besys.es
Server:  arcturus.luznet.es
Address:  194.74.92.6

besys.es
        origin = antares.besys.es
        mail addr = garey.antares.besys.es
        serial = 1996101601
        refresh = 86400 (1 day)
        retry   = 7200 (2 hours)
        expire  = 2592000 (30 days)
        minimum ttl = 172800 (2 days)
besys.es        nameserver = antares.besys.es
besys.es        nameserver = ns0.bt.net
besys.es        nameserver = sun.rediris.es
besys.es        preference = 0, mail exchanger = antares.besys.es
besys.es        preference = 5, mail exchanger = rigel.luznet.es
besys.es        preference = 50, mail exchanger = relay.bt.net
besys.es        nameserver = antares.besys.es
besys.es        nameserver = ns0.bt.net
besys.es        nameserver = sun.rediris.es
antares.besys.es        internet address = 194.74.92.30
ns0.bt.net      internet address = 194.72.6.51
sun.rediris.es  internet address = 130.206.1.2
rigel.luznet.es internet address = 194.74.92.2
relay.bt.net    internet address = 194.72.6.52
> 

	What am I doing wrong?

					
Hopefully;

	Garey Mills (garey@luznet.es)