Hi Scott, You can ping me. Ping borg.shandrow.com, or the IP address 206.124.184.77. Check your /etc/named.conf carefully. Look for the zone file that is named just ".". Make sure that really does point to a valid root servers hints file... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <showell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:25 AM Subject: Re: dns problem > Greg, > > That very well could be the problem. I am running bind 8.something on my > old box and bind 9 on the new box. I simply used the same configuration > file with a few minor changes to paths etc. Being that I can't contact > any root servers, that probably would indicate there being some problem > with the configuration. > What is interesting is that at one point it seem to work, but to be > honest I haven't absolutely any clue what would have broken in such > short order. I think what compounds the problem is I can't think of > anything to ping beyond my own network just to be sure my packets are > flowing as they should be. Yes, I can use netwatch, but it tends to be a > bit to verbose just to get some simple info. I used to be able to ping > the ISP's dns server, but guess they decided to block pings now.<grin> > > Tnx will have to keep hacking this problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
