slave dns server testing work?

bilux · 04-21-2011, 07:50 AM

hi;
how can i teste that my slave dns work better;knowing that my primary dns is in an other machine .i tried to dig the slave ;i have the response but when i halt my primary dns ,i couldn't dig the slave dns.

stress_junkie · 04-21-2011, 07:54 AM

Did your test client machine have the slave configured as the second DNS provider?

bilux · 04-21-2011, 03:50 PM

yes ,it does.i tried to dig it from my client ;i receved the response but when i halted the master dns no response with slave dns.how can i let my slave dns working when master dns is shutdwn.

stress_junkie · 04-21-2011, 04:15 PM

Maybe the slave isn't working at all ever. Configure your workstation client to only use the slave and see if it works when both the master and slave are running.

bilux · 04-21-2011, 04:34 PM

yes it works when master and slave are running the two ,but when i halted the master no slave dns server working

stress_junkie · 04-21-2011, 05:03 PM

It makes me think that the slave is not really a slave. Rather it may be a caching server.

The difference between a master DNS server and a slave DNS server is that the master is where you update the database and then those changes get pushed out to the slaves. Otherwise the slave should behave like a stand alone server.

acid_kewpie · 04-21-2011, 05:20 PM

Named.conf. please. There is no point us just guessing.