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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!nntp.uio.no!news.apfel.de!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ais.net!news.nol.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!not-for-mail From: "Greg" <gking@this.aint.my.address.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: I can't nslookup myself ! anyone have any ideas why ? Date: 21 Mar 1997 21:25:43 GMT Organization: Balls.Org Lines: 43 Message-ID: <01bc363e$18625120$c2e478cc@gking.balls.org> References: <01bc308b$1a79ab60$664c1bcc@tony.gcr1.com> Reply-To: "Greg" <gking@neither.is.this.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gking.capitaljustice.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37493 You need to enter the reverse table entries in your Zone. Example: for you Zone you may have a series of host entries : [SOA crap] @ IN NS xxx @ IN MX 1 xxx host1 IN A ip address ... hostn IN A ip address Well, there is also a reverse table for those addresses that may look like this : 5.200.199.in-addr.arpa.db (assuming the host you are addressing is located at 199.200.5.x) Inside this record are entries like this : 5 IN PTR host.dom.ain .. 6 IN PTR hostn.dom.ain You will need these entries to perform the nslookups Tony <tony@gcr1.com> wrote in article <01bc308b$1a79ab60$664c1bcc@tony.gcr1.com>... > I can nslookup localhost and all other systems on the network but > can't seem to figure out what I need to edit to get my self included in a > lookup ? > > Thanks, > Tony > -- > > > > >>>> N5GPI WWW SITE - HTTP://WWW.GCR1.COM/N5GPI <<<< > Best Experienced with Microsoft Internet Explorer 2+ > >