When I do A DNS Lookup request resolves to proper IP but times out.

Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at d.root-servers.net
[128.8.10.90]: Got referral to M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.) [took
12 ms]
Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
[192.55.83.30]: Got referral to ns2.mydomain.com. (zone: zoomcs.com.)
[took 280 ms]
Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at ns2.mydomain.com.
[65.27.89.1]: Timed out. Trying again.
Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at ns1.mydomain.com.
[65.27.89.1]: Timed out. Trying again.
Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at ns1.mydomain.com.
[65.27.89.1]: Timed out. Trying again.

When I ping URL I get: Ping request could not find host.

Server 2003
IIS 6.0

Any thoughts are appreciated.
TIA

Are you really looking for www.mydomain.com, or is this something you
substituted for the actual host you are trying to query?

To isolate a problem resolving a host record, I usually do 3 things first:

1) Determine the authoritative nameserver(s) for the host's domain.
2) Check for the host record on the authoritative server.
3) Check for the host record on my resolving nameserver.

From the output below, it looks like the authoritative server listed is
ns2.mydomain.com and ns1.mydomain.com.

To query these servers using nslookup, do this:

Type nslookup at a command prompt and hit <enter>. You will get a ">"
prompt.
Type server ns1.mydomain.com <enter> (this changes the server you will
query)
Type www.mydomain.com <enter>
Type server ns2.mydomain.com <enter> (this changes the server you will query
again)
Type www.mydomain.com <enter>
Type server <the IP address or name of your default dns server> <enter> (now
you will change the server to query back to your default)
Type www.mydomain.com <enter>

Depending on the results, you might also want to try a ping to
ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com. There could be a network problem
reaching these authoritative servers.

I hope this s.

--
Greg Lindsay [MSFT]

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

"JohnJ" <jjosephmn@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161891704.417084.258400@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> When I do A DNS Lookup request resolves to proper IP but times out.
>
> Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at d.root-servers.net
> [128.8.10.90]: Got referral to M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. (zone: com.) [took
> 12 ms]
> Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
> [192.55.83.30]: Got referral to ns2.mydomain.com. (zone: zoomcs.com.)
> [took 280 ms]
> Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at ns2.mydomain.com.
> [65.27.89.1]: Timed out. Trying again.
> Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at ns1.mydomain.com.
> [65.27.89.1]: Timed out. Trying again.
> Searching for www.mydomain.com A record at ns1.mydomain.com.
> [65.27.89.1]: Timed out. Trying again.
>
> When I ping URL I get: Ping request could not find host.
>
> Server 2003
> IIS 6.0
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> TIA
>

JohnJ wrote:
> When I do A DNS Lookup request resolves to proper IP but times out.

Can you post the exact message nslookup gives you? (Use the -d2 switch)


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