From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 11 16:43:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656A816A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:43:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 033A843D1F for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:43:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from [192.168.254.3] (bsdbox [192.168.254.3]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837D94ADCE; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:43:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40F16F1B.3070103@cordula.ws> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:47:23 +0200 From: cpghost User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040710) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean Dicks References: <5ef172bb040711092955912d06@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5ef172bb040711092955912d06@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:43:37 -0000 Sean Dicks wrote: >I can ping both NS servers but when it comes to pinging my domain it >doesn't ping. Ideas on what could be wrong? > > You probably didn't configure the resolver library correctly. In /etc/resolv.conf, you need to add the name server entries: /etc/resolv.conf: domain example.com nameserver 1.2.3.4 nameserver 5.6.7.8 Pinging the name servers using their IP addresses doesn't test the resolver at all. While that is the most likely cause, it is also possible that you just bought a domain (or changed its records), and it can take up to 72 hours for the DNS entries to propagate throught the net. Another reason is that you (or your net admin) blocked ICMP at the firewall level, so you can't expect a reply to a ping. You can test this easily by pinging, say, www.altavista.com or another site that replies to pings. Other reasons are possible too. >Sean > cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/