Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:43:13 +0200 From: Andrei Brezan <andrei693@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd problem with DNS and IP change. Message-ID: <49A969A1.90001@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49A95AF8.2060608@gmail.com> References: <49A95AF8.2060608@gmail.com>
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Andrei Brezan wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a strange problem and I don't know what to relate it to. My ISP > changed my IP from (eg) 10.1.1.1 to 15.1.1.1. I have changed my zone > files to reflect that change. > > "dig -t mx domain.com" results in mail.domain.com 3600 IN A 15.1.1.1 > (the new ip). However when i try: > > "ping mail.domain.com" it tries to get to 10.1.1.1 the old ip and gets > time to live exceeded fro an ip along the route. When i try to ping > domain.com it gets all ok as it pings the new ip. I've also tried dig > @(forwarders in named.conf) and they to got the correct mx dns entry for > domain.com. > In rc.conf i have hostname="mail.domain.com" (eg), i haven't changed > it, i'm thinking it's something related to hostid or hostuid but i don't > know where to search for this topic. > If anyone has a clue what to try or where to look upon this behavior > please shed some light. > > Thank you. > > Disregard my noise. It was a file called hosts in /etc, changed there the ip for mail.domain.com and now ping works ok. Sorry about that. -- Andrei Brezan 310280 Arad - Romania mobile <+40 740 089 315> email <andrei [at] bsoft-company.ro> www <http://www.bsoft-company.ro/>;
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