On 03/24/2010 03:34 PM, Joerg Bergmann wrote: > I use FC11 and just observed problems with name server resolution to, > say, de.wikipedia.org (many other wikipedia addresses too). Tried 2 > different (german) locations using 2 different (german) name servers: > [bergmann@T60 ~]$ host -a de.wikipedia.org > Trying "de.wikipedia.org" > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33227 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;de.wikipedia.org. IN ANY > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > de.wikipedia.org. 331 IN CNAME rr.wikimedia.org. > > Received 61 bytes from 193.189.244.225#53 in 128 ms > [bergmann@T60 ~]$ host rr.wikimedia.org > Host rr.wikimedia.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > === other location === > [bergmann@ptpp53 ~]$ host -a de.wikipedia.org > Trying "de.wikipedia.org" > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19010 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;de.wikipedia.org. IN ANY > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > de.wikipedia.org. 1802 IN CNAME rr.wikimedia.org. > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > wikipedia.org. 63159 IN NS ns2.wikimedia.org. > wikipedia.org. 63159 IN NS ns0.wikimedia.org. > wikipedia.org. 63159 IN NS ns1.wikimedia.org. > > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > ns0.wikimedia.org. 1540 IN A 208.80.152.130 > ns1.wikimedia.org. 1540 IN A 208.80.152.142 > ns2.wikimedia.org. 1540 IN A 91.198.174.4 > > Received 163 bytes from 141.30.66.1#53 in 1 ms > [bergmann@T60 ~]$ ssh ptpp53.phy.tu-dresden.de > Last login: Wed Mar 24 20:16:10 2010 from 82.113.121.37 > [bergmann@ptpp53 ~]$ host rr.wikimedia.org > Host rr.wikimedia.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > === trying the wikimedia name server === > [bergmann@T60 ~]$ host de.wikipedia.org 208.80.152.130 > Using domain server: > Name: 208.80.152.130 > Address: 208.80.152.130#53 > Aliases: > > de.wikipedia.org is an alias for rr.wikimedia.org. > rr.wikimedia.org is an alias for rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org. > rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org has address 208.80.152.2 > === entering a line into /etc/hosts === > 208.80.152.2 de.wikipedia.org > > And now I can view http://de.wikipedia.org! But others still unreachable > (e.g http://en.wikipedia.org). What is wrong? Is there an issue with > Fedora 11, > with the german name servers or with wikipedia? > > Joerg > > The issue is with Wikipedia. I attempted to retrieve one of their images and got repeated "can't find server" errors. You're the first person to confirm to me that Wikipedia is having a hiccup. Temlakos -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test