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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:14:29 -0500 (EST) Duane Morin <dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Wizard wrote: > > You can also try the root server A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (198.41.0.4) for > > testing purposes. Use it from the command line using nslookup: > > This, too, gives me "DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. > Can't find address for server A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.: Timed out." > > Here's a theory -- will I be able to find another DNS client to run on > my XP box, instead of the default one? Rule out that aspect of the > problem. I have to assume at this point that for some reason my XP box > is denying incoming DNS-related traffic? Does that make sense? It > seems like it wants to make the request, and I can ping these > machines, but I'm guessing now that XP is somehow blocking out > the very response it is waiting for. Why not run a DNS server on your Linux box inside your network. The use that as your primary DNS server for the XP box. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20030213/c1fda0a6/attachment.sig>
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