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[Amrit Panesar <apanesar AT 4195tech.com>]

It would appear that your reverse host record is controlled by your ISP. You 
have to convince them to give you a RDNS ((and subsequently a static ip) most 
ISPs usually don't do this, unfortunately). As for your forward lookup zone, 
try running 'bind-checkzone <zone name> <zone file>' that usually shows any 
zone configuration syntax errors that may be lingering. (also bind-checkconf 
is also a very valuable tool for checking your bind.conf and included files). 
And if all else fails, try enabling logging (specifically all the logging 
channels, including the debug) and see what bind spits out when it starts up

Thanks

--Amrit

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On Jan 16, 2012, at 21:10, Dale <dweide9 AT aim.com> wrote:

> Thank you for the warm responses about helping. 
> Okay, here we go. As I had mentioned earlier, I can access my web server by 
> ip but not name. Below is info from various files. Please let me know what 
> the &$@$!#* I'm doing wrong. My server ip address is 50.0.97.146, I'm using 
> a local isp but looks like they utilize sonic.net & dsltransport.net If I 
> do nslookup of my ip from another computer I get:
> 
> gnomad@dales-hp-laptop:~$ nslookup 50.0.97.146
> Server:        74.207.247.4
> Address:    74.207.247.4#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> 146.97.0.50.in-addr.arpa    name = 50-0-97-146.static.dsltransport.net.
> 
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> 0.50.in-addr.arpa    nameserver = A.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net.
> 0.50.in-addr.arpa    nameserver = B.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net.
> 0.50.in-addr.arpa    nameserver = C.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net.
> A.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    internet address = 209.204.159.20
> A.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    has AAAA address 2001:5a8:0:3::1
> B.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    internet address = 184.173.92.18
> B.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    has AAAA address 2607:f0d0:1102:f::2
> C.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    internet address = 69.9.186.104
> C.AUTH-NS.SONIC.net    has AAAA address 2001:48c8:1:1::2
> 
> named.conf.local:
> 
> zone "freespeech.free" {
>             type master;
>             file "/etc/bind/db.freespeech.free";
>        };
> 
> zone "97.0.50.in-addr.arpa" {
>        type master;
>        notify no;
>        file "/etc/bind/db.50";
> };
> 
> named.conf.default-zones:
> zone "." {
>        type slave;
>        file "/var/cache/bind/db.root";
>        masters { 75.127.96.89; };
>        allow-transfer { any; };
>        notify no;
> };
> 
> // be authoritative for the localhost forward and reverse zones, and for
> // broadcast zones as per RFC 1912
> 
> zone "localhost" {
>    type master;
>    file "/etc/bind/db.local";
> };
> 
> zone "127.in-addr.arpa" {
>    type master;
>    file "/etc/bind/db.127";
> };
> 
> zone "0.in-addr.arpa" {
>    type master;
>    file "/etc/bind/db.0";
> };
> 
> zone "255.in-addr.arpa" {
>    type master;
>    file "/etc/bind/db.255";
> };
> 
> zone "50.in-addr.arpa" {
>    type master;
>    file "/etc/bind/db.50";
> };
> 
> 
> db.freespeech.free:
> 
> ;
> ; BIND data file for my local interface
> ;
> $TTL    86400
> @    IN    SOA    ns1.freespeech.free. dweide9.netscape.net. (
>                 1        ; Serial
>             28800        ; Refresh
>              7200        ; Retry
>            604800      ; Expire
>             86400 )    ; Negative Cache TTL
> ;
> @    IN    NS    ns1.freespeech.free.
> @    IN    A    202.83.95.228
> @       IN      AAAA    ::1
> ns1     IN      A       202.83.95.228
> db.50:
> 
> ;
> ; BIND reverse data file for my local interface
> ;
> $TTL    86400
> @       IN      SOA     ns1.freespeech.free. dweide9.netscape.net. (
>                             2          ; Serial
>                         28800          ; Refresh
>                          7200          ; Retry
>                        604800          ; Expire
>                         86400 )        ; Negative Cache TTL
> ;
> @       IN      NS      ns1.
> @       IN      A       202.83.95.228
> 10    IN    PTR    ns1.freespeech.free.
> 
> 
> And my firewall is not blocking port 53, but I hadn't forwarded it, as I've 
> read this is only necessary if I have a DNS (though I did open it tonight 
> but no change). And from what I see in my syslog below, it seems that zone 
> info is coming in:
> 
> 
> Jan 16 17:02:55 server named[2765]: zone ./IN: Transfer started.
> Jan 16 17:02:55 server named[2765]: transfer of './IN' from 
> 75.127.96.89#53: connected using 192.168.1.123#60375
> Jan 16 17:02:56 server named[2765]: zone ./IN: transferred serial 2012011700
> Jan 16 17:02:56 server named[2765]: transfer of './IN' from 
> 75.127.96.89#53: Transfer completed: 2 messages, 3490 records, 87716 bytes, 
> 0.760 secs (115415 bytes/sec)
> 
> 
> Also wanted to add that when I tried to enter ns2.freespeech.free I got an 
> error when restarting bind, so I've left it out (something on the line of 
> "ns2.freespeech.free.freespeech.free not found/valid).
> 
> Let me know if anything else is needed,
> 
> Dale
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hanselka, Alex <alex AT hanselka.name>
> To: discuss <discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 9:04 am
> Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] server setup
> 
> 
> Generally speaking we are very friendly too ;) Almost always helpful as
> well!! hehe :)
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Brian Koontz <brian AT pongonova.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 01:41:26AM -0500, Dale wrote:
>>> Thank you for your recent help. I have been fumbling at setting up
>>> my home web server, & think I am having trouble with name servers
>>> (as I can access my server by ip but not name). Would the opennic
>>> discussion list be the best place to post file info & get help? If
>>> not, let me know where it would be.
>> 
>> Right here is the perfect place to ask!
>> 
>> --Brian
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