Also, make sure your firewall is allowing those packets through. DNS only uses TCP for zone transfers and some large records. Otherwise it uses 53/UDP. > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [mailto:chrome at real-time.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 2:28 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DNS problem? > > > > It definitely sounds like a DNS issue. Verify that the IP addresses > > you are using are correct, and see if you can ping those > addresses (to > > make sure the servers are up, although DNS may still be > broken on them > > even if they respond to a ping). > > the simple way to check if there's a DNS server at least > listening; is to telnet to port 53. > > chrome at steel:~$ telnet 65.193.16.1 53 > Trying 65.193.16.1... > Connected to 65.193.16.1. > Escape character is '^]'. > > looks like Real-Time's DNS server is working. :) > > Carl Soderstrom > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >