ok, so my local network seems to be skipping my internal dns server, and going straight for the forwarders...

so i now know the problem lies with my dns server.

my current dns is set up like so...


Forwarders:
Set forwarders manually
my isp nameserver ip is in the forwarders list.

Logging:
System Logging, all other tick boxes checked..
(cant find system log files tho, how do i view these, as its not in the /var/log directory...)

Zones:
osirus.local.net type: Master
osirus.local.net OPTIONS:
--Basics
Enable Zone Transport
ACL: any

No NS Records

No MX Records

--SOA
Serial: 2007062900
TTL: 2 days
Refresh: 3 Hours
Retry: 1 Hour
Expiration: 1 Week
Minimum: 1 Day

--Records:
<record key> | <type> | <value>
megatron | A | 192.168.0.5


so basically what i want, is for my computer to ask my server, hey, do u know the name of this address? if no, then use my isp's nameserver (as dns should work), if it does know the name, the used the cached address(again, how dns should work...)

what i cant understand is why it is ignoring the megatron record....and my dhcp server has this set up as a host, with correct mac address and all...

any help on this would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
Justin

Hey,
You might check that hosts on your network have your local DNS server listed as primary (or only) name server. Look in /etc/resolv.conf to see if DHCP is provding this information.

Also, your hosts should not be contacting the forwarders directly; that is the job of your DNS server. The only DNS server your hosts should know of is the one you have set up. When it can't answer a query from its Authority section, it will get the answer from your ISP and pass it to your hosts. But your hosts should have not ability to bypass the local DNS server. If they can, then that is a configuration problem.

Post your dhcp.conf and resolv.conf if you like.

Also check that bind is configured correctly to use the forwarders. It could be that your DNS server is not forwarding queries properly so the hosts on your network are dropping back to their secondary name server (your ISP) because your DNS server is returning a negative reply. Are there delays in name resolution? This would suggest hosts falling over from one DNS server (yours) to another.

Basically we need some more information...

Scott

Hi scott2004,

Thanks for your reply.

My /etc/resolv.conf file had my isp nameserver in there, so i changed it to the local ip (192.168.0.5 not 127.0.0.1).

I also went through my dhcpd.conf file, and now my clients only have the one nameserver, and that is my local server.

and that seemed to have fixed the problem. Thanks for the help, working like a treat!

Thanks again,
Justin