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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.inc.net!newsin.iconnet.net!IConNet!not-for-mail From: lchernyak@iconnet.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: reverse DNS problems Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 15:33:56 -0500 Organization: IConNet Lines: 34 Message-ID: <32BAF834.10DB@iconnet.com> References: <599m5c$435@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: icon11.iconnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5473 michael charles bohlmann wrote: > > We're running BSDI 2.1 on a Pentium Pro and having the following problem. > > Some domains apparently check to make sure a domain that is trying to > connect to them are properly setup or registered. When we try to connect > to a remote machine that is configured this way, it does not let us in. > The message on one mentions a possible problem with the DNS entry for our > host. We are properly registered, however, as far as I know. > > Any ideas? > > Mike 99% of the time you need to contract your NSP and have them add a record for you like xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa pointing to your name server.. This will probably resolve the problem. Use nslookup and lserver over to your NSP's primary name server then set type to PTR and check if your IP's will resolve. If they do not contact them and have them add this record.. See ya! The overlord -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzKwfsYAAAEEAJbrlDZhQBMMHBXqU9d6rrl4s+/3aNetjkYcmm34HUQorJ1J 9kjJU3W5T9umh4d/0DmUpNRXlNK3Nm16QBNd7TtSk6Hur3odeU1TWueir8GeEYqI cUuz9xdaEb+jI/B/ajb5/etCxGim8B8ZtEpD8lDqxtWORLLXmMwMRa/MDxZBAAUR tCJPdmVybG9yZCA8VGhlIE11dGhhZnVja2luTWFjRGFkZHk+ =J++s -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----