Reformatting the dig request gives the following: dig +trace @athena -x 10.0.2.252
; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> +trace @athena -x 10.0.2.252 ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd . 163824 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 163824 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 500 bytes from 148.165.30.30#53(148.165.30.30) in 0 ms ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached Since this server can't reach the root servers, this makes sense. But apparently it isn't following delegation. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Buxton [mailto:cbux...@menandmice.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:19 PM To: Mike Bernhardt Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Delegation not working On May 7, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Mike Bernhardt wrote: > dig -x +trace @athena 10.0.2.252 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;+trace.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;10.0.2.252. IN A You've given dig the wrong arguments. You gave it two queries, indicated above, neither of which is what you wanted. Try this: dig @athena -x 10.0.2.252 Chris Buxton Professional Services Men & Mice _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
