Sorry to be replying to my own post, but there was a typo in my email. I meant to say:
--- Begin erratum --- dig @192.168.4.5 www.google.com works just fine! But putting 192.168.4.5 in /etc/resolv.conf and doing dig www.google.com doesn't work! --- End erratum --- This makes the point of the message: a nameserver which will do er3cursive resolution for me when queried using dig will not do so when placed in /etc/resolv.conf. Sorry for the typo and best regards, | George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., | | tel: +357 99 68 08 86 Strovolos, | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, | | web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus | > -----Original Message----- > From: George Karaolides [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:51 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: DNS resolution problem > > > > Hi, > > I have a really strange DNS resolution problem. > > I have set up and configured a Debian woody box as a gateway and firewall > for an internal network connected to the Internet via ADSL. I use the > Debian ipmasq package for this. > > The ISP assigns an IP address to the ethernet interface connected to the > ADSL network via DHCP. A private IP address is assigned. The ISP > presumably runs a NAT gateway to the public Internet. > > The ISP also uses DHCP to give you the IP address of the nameserver you're > expected to use (they block UDP port 53 to every other address so you can > only use their nameserver). This is also a private address (192.168.4.5). > > Now here's the problem, and it's a really freaky one. All hosts behind the > Debian box can access the Net just fine, using nameserver 192.168.4.5 to > resolve names. But the Debian box itself can't resolve names. > > And now's the really freaky part. Using dig to query nameserver 192.168.4.5 > from the Debian box as in: > > How can a nameserver which does accept to do recursive resolution for me > when I query it directly refuse to do so when I put it resolv.conf? > > Any ideas? > > Best regards, > > | George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., | > | tel: +357 99 68 08 86 Strovolos, | > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, | > | web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
