enchanted
11-17-2002, 01:19 PM
I tried testing my dns at dnsreport.com and got an error on the "All nameservers respond" column.
My ns1.mydomain.com is not responding. I'm at a loss on how to fix this.
I'm on Ensim and running my own name servers and all my sites are doing/resolving fine. I just came across dnsreport.com and tried it and I'm not sure if this "not responding" thing is a cause for concern.
DNS Gurus please enlighten me and suggest which steps to take to resolve this. Thank you.
MarkIL
11-17-2002, 01:24 PM
Heh. Is the ns down? Did you try accessing it from another machine?
Do host -a yourdomain.com ns1.yourdomain.com from another machine, preferably on another subnet. Does it respond?
enchanted
11-17-2002, 01:33 PM
hi lewney thanks for the prompt reply
I got the following:
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
MarkIL
11-17-2002, 01:36 PM
Is the server itself down? Can you login?
If only the DNS daemon is down (tinydns, BIND etc), you'll need to log in and restart the aforementioned daemon.
Otherwise, if the entire server's down, you'll have to restart it.
enchanted
11-17-2002, 02:00 PM
No the server is not down, i can login. Tried restarting BIND but the result is still the same:
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
MarkIL
11-17-2002, 02:10 PM
Can you access the server locally? E.G.,
host -a yourdomain.com 127.0.0.1?
What do the BIND/system logs say?
enchanted
11-17-2002, 02:39 PM
I can access the server locally.
But excuse a newbie, where can I find the BIND logs? ;)
MarkIL
11-17-2002, 02:41 PM
Check /var/log or /var/adm/log.
Also, take a look at BIND's config file for its logging settings.
ToastyX
11-17-2002, 02:45 PM
Could you possibly tell us which domain you are experiencing problems with? That might help us track down the problem better.
enchanted
11-17-2002, 02:59 PM
the problem domain is ns1.hostcreek.com
Originally posted by enchanted
the problem domain is ns1.hostcreek.com
Test 1:
[root@redy root]# telnet ns1.hostcreek.com 53
Trying 209.51.138.61...
telnet: connect to address 209.51.138.61: Connection refused
Test 2:
[root@redy root]# telnet ns2.hostcreek.com 53
Trying 209.51.138.62...
Connected to ns2.hostcreek.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> c
Connection closed.
This means that you are not running BIND or any other DNS server software on the listed IP (ns1.hostcreek.com). Connection Refused. That is why your connections to the host are rejected. Try restarting your DNS or check for /etc/named.conf for listen option if you are using BIND with Linux.
Good Luck !
enchanted
11-17-2002, 04:06 PM
WOW! Thank you so much Goni! :beer:
I checked the options.conf.wp (ensim box) and the IP for ns1 is not listed in the listen option, so I added it, restarted BIND and everything is OK now.
Thank you too ToastyX and lewney :agree:
You are always welcome ;)
