[Dnsmasq-discuss] can resolve 1 specific host

Knud knud.skrald at guldberg.info
Mon Jan 4 12:11:58 GMT 2010


Hi

Still have periodic problems with that specfic host name

Is there a way where I can check this with a given interval...some 
minutes and write stuff to a log.

So I have something to give to my ISP

DNSMASQ is running on Fedora11

Knud

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Knud wrote:
> Hi
> 
> My ISP has answerd
> 
> "You should not use ns1.bbsyd.dk any more, use only DHCP released DNS...
>   a list of 3 nameservers....."
> 
> Hmm allright it seems to work with those but it would nice to be 
> informed when they change something..not everybody use a simple plain 
> setup !
> 
> And why have server running which do not work correctly ?
> 
> I will see if is stable in the future
> 
> Knud
> 
> 
> 
> Knud wrote:
>> Hi Simon
>>
>> I have opened a support ticket at my ISP (you right..)
>> Informed them about the strange behavoir of there NS
>> Let us see what happends
>>
>> Otherwise they have been very stable...it's a fiberoptic connection 
>> 25/25 Mbit.
>>
>> Knud
>>
>> Simon Kelley wrote:
>>> Knud wrote:
>>>> Hi Simon
>>>>
>>>> Just tested again...same issue again
>>>>
>>>> asking my upstream nameserver...
>>>> camping.dba.dk => unknown
>>>> www.dba.dk => ok
>>>> again camping.dba.dk => now ok !
>>> Yes, I tried again and saw the same thing.
>>>
>>> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>>>
>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>> ;camping.dba.dk.			IN	A
>>>
>>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> camping.dba.dk.		600	IN	CNAME	www.dba.dk.
>>>
>>> ;; Query time: 77 msec
>>>
>>>
>>> repeat:
>>>
>>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4
>>>
>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>> ;camping.dba.dk.			IN	A
>>>
>>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> camping.dba.dk.		585	IN	CNAME	www.dba.dk.
>>> www.dba.dk.		1787	IN	A	91.213.17.20
>>>
>>> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>>> dba.dk.			21587	IN	NS	ns6.netnames.net.
>>> dba.dk.			21587	IN	NS	ns1.netnames.net.
>>> dba.dk.			21587	IN	NS	ns5.netnames.net.
>>> dba.dk.			21587	IN	NS	ns2.netnames.net.
>>>
>>> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>>> ns6.netnames.net.	168883	IN	A	199.7.69.253
>>> ns1.netnames.net.	21747	IN	A	204.74.108.253
>>> ns5.netnames.net.	168883	IN	A	199.7.68.253
>>> ns2.netnames.net.	168883	IN	A	62.128.146.40
>>>
>>> ;; Query time: 46 msec
>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like once the upstream server has the CNAME cached, it works OK,
>>> but not before. There are more clues there, as it tells us the
>>> authoritative nameservers (Ie the ones that hold the configured data)
>>> are a netnames.net.
>>>
>>> We can ask one of those direct:
>>>
>>> srk at spike$ dig @ns6.netnames.net camping.dba.dk
>>>
>>> ; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P3 <<>> @ns6.netnames.net camping.dba.dk
>>> ; (1 server found)
>>> ;; global options:  printcmd
>>> ;; Got answer:
>>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10510
>>> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>>> ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
>>>
>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>> ;camping.dba.dk.			IN	A
>>>
>>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> camping.dba.dk.		600	IN	CNAME	www.dba.dk.
>>>
>>> ;; Query time: 22 msec
>>> ;; SERVER: 199.7.69.253#53(199.7.69.253)
>>> ;; WHEN: Sun Nov 15 15:20:05 2009
>>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 50
>>>
>>>
>>> Which probably shows a real problem. That nameserver always gives that
>>> data without the A record.
>>>
>>>
>>> But even more strange, the netnames.net nameservers are not the real
>>> authoritative ones for dba.dk
>>>
>>> srk at spike:/mnt/onetouch/simon/torrents$ dig ns dba.dk
>>>
>>> ; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P3 <<>> ns dba.dk
>>> ;; global options:  printcmd
>>> ;; Got answer:
>>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46594
>>> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
>>>
>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>> ;dba.dk.				IN	NS
>>>
>>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> dba.dk.			43888	IN	NS	ns1.danhost.dk.
>>> dba.dk.			43888	IN	NS	ns0.danhost.dk.
>>>
>>> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>>> ns0.danhost.dk.		14276	IN	A	217.195.182.61
>>> ns1.danhost.dk.		13926	IN	A	195.140.132.26
>>>
>>> ;; Query time: 9 msec
>>> ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.4#53(192.168.0.4)
>>> ;; WHEN: Sun Nov 15 15:27:37 2009
>>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 100
>>>
>>> so the 89.184.128.193 nameserver you are using is very confused, I
>>> think. It's using the wrong authoritative nameservers for dba.dk and
>>> getting the wrong answers, which it is passing on. At this point it's
>>> probably best to pass the whole mess over to the admins of
>>> 89.184.128.193 (your ISP?) CC: me on the mail if you wish, in case I can
>>> provide more information.
>>>
>>>> restart my dnsmasq makes it to known www.dba.dk and camping.dba.dk
>>>>
>>>> I am running another dnsmasq server (at a school) with another upstream
>>>> nameserver...there seems no problems
>>> I see the same: there's something wrong with 89.184.128.193, for sure.
>>>
>>>> It is another version of dnsmasq included in the FREESCO packged.
>>>> But it seems not to be a dnsmasq issue but further upstream problem
>>>>
>>>> Just strange that this specific host gives problems and not others (to
>>>> my knowlegde)
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Simon.
>>>
>>
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