From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 27 21:51:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA25770 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:51:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag1p05.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA25758 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:50:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA01315; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:49:29 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:49:28 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: richard cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:FTP server requires reverse DNS lookup In-Reply-To: <36873F45BE.3A36RICHARD@mail.sneaker.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, richard wrote: > > >I fail to to download fwtk from ftp.tis.com as I am using > > >dynamic IP and of cause don't have a registed domain name but > > >they required reverse DNS lookup. > > >You may not have a domain, but even your dynamic IP has a reverse > >name. (the Received: header I quoted above showed that your IP > >mapped to ppp01.sneaker.net.au.) Could you be more specific about > >the problem you are having, including any error messages tis.com is > >giving you? There shouldn't be a problem with reverse lookup of > >your IP address. > > I got the following msg: > 520 - This FTP server requires the ability to perform reverse DNS > lookup on all addresses connecting to it. > That's because there's no reverse DNS entry for your IP. You'll have to try to talk your ISP into setting up reverse DNS entries for their IPs.. [jim@corp:~]$ nslookup ppp01.sneaker.net.au Server: ns.triax.com Address: 209.222.164.2 Name: ppp01.sneaker.net.au Address: 61.8.14.32 [jim@corp:~]$ nslookup 61.8.14.32 Server: ns.triax.com Address: 209.222.164.2 *** ns.triax.com can't find 61.8.14.32: Non-existent host/domain If they don't add reverses for their IPs, it doesn't look like you'll be able to get into the ftp site you're trying to get into. Hope this helps, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message