From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 18 06:05:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA20277 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:05:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA20271 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:05:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA09475; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:05:08 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199712181405.IAA09475@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: named won't forward requests To: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:05:08 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <68c_9712180127@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> from Leif Neland at "Dec 18, 97 01:06:17 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Leif Neland said: > I want my named to cache requests to other domains, to save > lookup-time. > > It answers nicely on questions regarding nodes in my own domain, but > it won't forward questions regarding nodes in the world. > > I have tried both with and without "forwarder 194.182.101.2", in > named.boot, but neither works, not even when the ppp is up. The command is forwarders 194.182.101.2 it's plural, and you can put more than one in the list. > nslookup > server 194.182.101.2 > > works, and also triggers ppp. > > > Leif Neland > leifn@image.dk > > --- > |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 > |Internet: leifn@image.dk > -- "I feel so strongly about this... All our efforts to stimulate the economy will fail." - President of the United States, Bill Clinton