cannot use qualified network address name
 

stephan.katz@charter.net

Somehow I cannot use qualified network address name e.g. "ms.nooning.res". But when using explicit IP address it works. dig ms.nooning.res works. see chain of events, what do you guys think?:

[stef@msalessrv ~]$ dig ms.nooning.res

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> ms.nooning.res
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24048
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ms.nooning.res. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ms.nooning.res. 259200 IN A 192.1.168.150

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nooning.res. 259200 IN NS ns.nooning.res.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.nooning.res. 259200 IN A 192.168.1.50

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.50#53(192.168.1.50)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 6 19:39:50 2005
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 81

[stef@msalessrv ~]$ ping 192.168.1.150
PING 192.168.1.150 (192.168.1.150) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.150: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.150: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.021 ms

--- 192.168.1.150 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.021/0.026/0.031/0.005 ms, pipe 2
[stef@msalessrv ~]$ ping ms.nooning.res
PING ms.nooning.res (192.1.168.150) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- ms.nooning.res ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1999ms

Carefully check the IP address returned for ms.nooning.res. Especially the 2nd and 3rd octet. :-)

Thank you, you are my hero, Stephan