On 02/11/2010 14:33, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:48:12 +0000 > Vincent Hoffman <vi...@unsane.co.uk> articulated: > >> >> Sounds like DNS to me. >> what output do you get from >> dig +trace portsnap.freebsd.org > $ dig +trace portsnap.freebsd.org > > ; <<>> DiG 9.6.2-P2 <<>> +trace portsnap.freebsd.org > ;; global options: +cmd > . 18158 IN NS h.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS a.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS d.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS k.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS g.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS i.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS f.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS e.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS j.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS b.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS c.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS l.root-servers.net. > . 18158 IN NS m.root-servers.net. > ;; Received 228 bytes from 209.18.47.62#53(209.18.47.62) in 10 ms > > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > Hmm you should be seeing something like jh...@ostracod (13:48:49 <~>) 0 $ dig +trace portsnap.freebsd.org
; <<>> DiG 9.6.2-P2 <<>> +trace portsnap.freebsd.org ;; global options: +cmd . 424412 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 424412 IN NS e.root-servers.net. ;; Received 332 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 1 ms org. 172800 IN NS d0.org.afilias-nst.org. org. 172800 IN NS c0.org.afilias-nst.info. org. 172800 IN NS b0.org.afilias-nst.org. org. 172800 IN NS a2.org.afilias-nst.info. org. 172800 IN NS b2.org.afilias-nst.org. org. 172800 IN NS a0.org.afilias-nst.info. ;; Received 440 bytes from 128.8.10.90#53(d.root-servers.net) in 125 ms freebsd.org. 86400 IN NS ns3.isc-sns.info. freebsd.org. 86400 IN NS ns2.isc-sns.com. freebsd.org. 86400 IN NS ns1.isc-sns.net. ;; Received 126 bytes from 2001:500:b::1#53(c0.org.afilias-nst.info) in 69 ms portsnap.freebsd.org. 3600 IN A 204.109.56.116 freebsd.org. 3600 IN NS ns1.isc-sns.net. freebsd.org. 3600 IN NS ns3.isc-sns.info. freebsd.org. 3600 IN NS ns2.isc-sns.com. ;; Received 246 bytes from 2001:5a0:10::1#53(ns3.isc-sns.info) in 47 ms It should recurse through the DNS hierarchy, starting at the servers for . then the servers for org then the servers for freebsd and finally give you a result. I guess this means either you or your ISP is filtering access on port 53 other than to their severs, or else your ISP has a connectivity issue. can you currently resolve any .org domains? (netbsd.org or openbsd.org or apache.org spring to mind) Vince _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"