[plug] re: DNS lookup

[Matt Kemner]

On 19 Aug 2000 jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au wrote:

> [root at gateway named]# nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.3: Non-existent host/domain
> When I do a nslookup this is the results, what I want to know is how is inixnet.gw.omen.net the default server.
> also I see it doesn't recognize my server as the caching DNS.
> Thanks
> 
> Default Server:  unixnet.gw.omen.net
> Address:  203.8.107.47

I presume you have 192.168.1.3 and 203.8.107.47 configured in
/etc/resolv.conf - the resolver is complaining that there is no DNS entry
for 192.168.1.3 (Can't find server name) which is why it uses the next
available server instead.

Either add a DNS entry for 192.168.1.3 (which will require you to create a
zone file for 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa and set yourself up as a master for
that domain, and then create a PTR record for 3.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa) or
put 127.0.0.1 in resolv.conf instead (assuming the name server is on the
local machine) - the zone files for 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa should already be
set up on the machine.

 - Matt