On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 07:32 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello there, > I am still unable to run a DNS service from F7 for my home > network. > Since my last post I have found the listen-on option, which seems to > allow bind/named > to respond to queries of the type: > host XXXXX 168.254.0.1 > when issued from the server. But not when issued from somewhere > else on the network. > I just get " connection timed out; no servers could be reached" > Any clues PLEASE? > Bill Steve and Tim; thank you both. Steve was correct - the firewall had decided to block DNS lookup access. So it was in fact broken in two different ways. Very good. Ah well, you live and learn. Thanks, Bill