[olug] DNS issue

[Jay Swackhamer]

The error is sounds like the DNS server doesnt know it's own name which is
required by some OS's. i.e. HPUX. usually this occurs on Wintel DNS
servers.......

On the sun box, you could check by doing a

nslookup www.yahoo.com IP_OF_YOUR_DNS # to verify the problem still exists
nslookup www.yahoo.com 68.96.22.160  #<-or some other DNS to check that
the port 53 path is open



> While configuring our new Library management system today, I noticed that
> our assigned DNS is not reporting correctly - specifically NSLookups.
> Hence, we are having problems with our Sun systems accessing the Internet.
> So when I try to open a browser to go to Sun & download the latest patches
> the browser hangs & locks up on me.
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> When you run NSLookup (at the command line or via a configuration file)
> you get an error:
> [quote]
> Can't find server name for address (the IP of the DNS): Non-existent
> domain Default servers are not available Default server: UnKnown
> Address: (the IP for the DNS)
> [/end quote]
> This is the results we get from one of our Win2K clients, the error on the
> Sun servers are similar but less verbose.
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> I have already called our ISP firewall folks, and they vectored me to some
> other office which opened a ticket - but this office seems clueless as to
> the problem, who manages the DNS, etc. Their reply was that if they can
> ping the IP of the DNS then everything is operating fine!
>
> Could someone provide some assistance with this problem? I am at a loss on
> what to do next & what the actual problem is. Thank you for your time.
>
> Irish
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