On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:32:40 -0400, Allen Winter <winterz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > A few months ago I posted the enclosed message and was given the fix to turn off ipv6 support, > which has worked fine for me ever since (i.e, add the line 'install ipv6 /bin/true' to /etc/modprobe.conf) > > Recently the DNS problems I described have come back... I did upgrade a new kernel using yum. > I still see the ipv6 line in my /etc/modprobe.conf file so I am at a loss. Any ideas as to what may > be causing resolver "dropouts"?? > > Regards and Help! > Allen > ------------------- > > Subject: Need help with a DNS problem > Date: Friday 04 June 2004 01:04 pm > From: Allen Winter <winterz@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Howdy, > > I am having a strange issue on my new Fedora Core 2 install with DNS. > > I have three systems connected to ADSL via a Netgear WGR214v2 Router, > with one running Redhat 9, one running FC1, and the other my new FC2 system. > > The Redhat system is running dhcpcd and has no problem getting addresses. > The FC1 system is running dhclient and had no problem getting addresses. > > The new FC2 system is also running dhclient and fails to get addresses for only > a *few* names I've encountered so far. And dig will give me an answer for those > names, but nslookup will fail. I have looked up everything I know and compared > the FC1 and FC2 systems and they look to be configured the same. > > For example, > % dig myfidelity.members.fidelity.com > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> myfidelity.members.fidelity.com > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 3837 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;myfidelity.members.fidelity.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > myfidelity.members.fidelity.com. 6056 IN CNAME myfidelity.members.retail.fidelity.com. > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > retail.fidelity.com. 52 IN SOA dns3dccfw01.fidelity.com. hostmaster.retail.fidelity.com. 2004060332 10800 3600 604800 60 > > ;; Query time: 25 msec > ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1) > ;; WHEN: Fri Jun 4 13:01:26 2004 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 148 > > % nslookup myfidelity.members.fidelity.com > Server: 192.168.0.1 > Address: 192.168.0.1#53 > > ** server can't find myfidelity.members.fidelity.com: NXDOMAIN > > Oh, and I forgot to mention that every now and then nslookup will return an address for myfidelity.members.fidelity.com, > but that is not the typical case. > > Any ideas? > Regards, > Allen > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > what's your /etc/resolv.conf look like? Yang
