Micha Feigin wrote: > I installed dnsmasq to supply dns to my local network. Lately (I'm not sure if > its since I installed snort or not, although uninstalling doesn't seem to > help) > the dns service seems to come and go intermittently. The same sites that don't > work from the local computers work perfectly well on the server, so it's > either > dnsmasq that is not functioning properly, or something is blocking dns on the > server. > > Any ideas on what may be causing the problem, how to find out and how to solve > it?
You could try using the dig tool from the dnsutils package. Example: dig site.name a @dns.server.name.or.ip Compare results with a few other DNS server (e.g. the ones provided by your ISP.) Hope this helps, -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd
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