Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:55:01 +0545 From: Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> To: Christopher Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Local DNS Caching not caching on external interface Message-ID: <20061214175501.04c4bcb2.teklimbu@wlink.com.np> In-Reply-To: <20061214090811.GE18145@rescomp.berkeley.edu> References: <20061214145735.658f44b4.teklimbu@wlink.com.np> <20061214090811.GE18145@rescomp.berkeley.edu>
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:08:11 -0800
Christopher Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On 14:57 Thu 14 Dec , Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am very new to Bind and FreeBSD.
> >
> > I have just configured a Local DNS server using the built-in Bind
> > 9.3.1 on a FreeBSD 5.4 machine.
> >
> > My problem is that the machine can cache queries on the localhost
> > and loop back (127.0.0.1) interface only.
> >
> > I have a public static IP on this machine too and I can't seem to
> > query the caching name server from my local network.
> >
> > In Linux, this is no problem. I just can't seem to get Bind to work
> > as in my local network. It works only on the loopback interface.
>
> The default /etc/namedb/named.conf configuration file for BIND says:
>
> | // If named is being used only as a local resolver, this is a safe
> | default. // For named to be accessible to the network, comment this
> | option, specify // the proper IP address, or delete this option.
> | listen-on { 127.0.0.1; };
>
> It looks like if you comment out that option, it will listen on * by
> default. You could also add the other IP address on which you want
> named to listen.
>
> --
> Chris Cowart
> Network and Infrastructure Systems Administrator
> RSSP-IT, UC Berkeley
> "May all your pushes be popped"
>
Dear Chris,
Thank you for your help. I did comment and added my public static IP
like the following:
listen-on { 202.x.x.x; }; # My Static IP
Now when I do from my local PC:
dig yahoo.com @202.x.x.x , I can do DNS lookups.
But when I try doing that from another computer on my network, I can't
do any DNS lookups.
Is that anything that I miss?
- --
With best regards and good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Tek Bahadur Limbu
(TAG/TDG Group)
Jwl Systems Department
Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Jawalakhel, Nepal
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