Re: some external domains not resolving

The error message below just means that you haven't set up reverse DNS (i.e.
PTR records) for your web server yet. It does appear that you are resolving
the correct IP address.

I did notice a small problem with that web site address. Reverse DNS for
66.18.102.194 resolves to neo.digitalminds.net which has no corresponding A
record. This may not be significant, but if your firewall has a security
feature that requires a valid reverse DNS record in order to connect, this
could be causing the problem.

I noticed that www.digitalminds.net has the same IP address as
www.tnchamber.org which means they are both sites on the same web server.
That gives you an opportunity for another test. See if you can access
www.digitalminds.net ! If you can't, then you know the problem is not the
tnchamber.org domain, but the web server itself.

--
Greg Lindsay [MSFT]

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.

"DavidH" <david_haskell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Ace Fekay [MVP]" <PleaseAskMe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In news:OBinIkjGHHA.4688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Greg Lindsay [MSFT] <greglin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I commented on
below:
If tracert resolves it, then it isn't a DNS problem, but I would
double check that you are getting the correct IP address
(66.18.102.194). Here is something else to try:

Open a command prompt and type "telnet www.tnchamber.org 80" without
the quotes, and hit enter. This will tell you if the problem is
related to your web browser or something on the network. If telnet
connects, the command window will go blank. Type anything in the
window and hit enter again to disconnect. You'll see some HTML output
from the web server and be back at a command prompt. If you get
"Connect failed" then something is blocking this site, or you aren't
resolving it to the correct IP address locallly. If you are able to
connect with telnet, it's likely a browser configuration problem,
perhaps related to the proxy (if you use one).

Greg, there's also a possibility that it may be an EDNS0 issue. However
when I queried tnchamber.org using nslookup, the response does not appear
to be larger than 512 bytes (using UDP). However, if it is EDNS0 (which
supports UDP to allow up to1280 bytes), then I would think the query
supporting EDNS0, may not be understood by the firewall and may block the
answer coming back in.

DavidH, the only way to test that is to see if nslookup will resolve it
at the first shot., If not, force it to use TCP (typing in the command
"set vc" without the qutoes). If that works then it's and EDNS0 issue.

DavidH, not to confuse you, but try Greg's suggested tests first. If the
problem is resolution (resolving the name to IP in telnet), it may be a
firewall issue. What type of firewall do you have? What type of internet
connection/provider do you have?

Not to confuse the matters more, but if using an ADSL line with PPPoE, it
could also be an MTU issue on the router.


--
Ace
Innovative IT Concepts, Inc (IITCI)
Willow Grove, PA

This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
confers no rights.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer


I ran nslookup and received:

Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.105 "our dns server":
Non-existent domain
Server: UnKnown
address: 192.168.0.105

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.tnchamber.org
address: 66.18.102.194

I believe I have our DNS server configured correctly - forwarders are
pointed at our ISP DNS servers, but for DNS requests our DNS server is
listed.



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