Search Again: Re: Authoratative DNS Question From: Men & Mice Support Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 Time: 11:23:13 am You didn't send a query to your server, you asked DNS Expert to look up the address of your server. It got the answer from a gTLD server, rather than from your local server, and the gTLD server's answer is always marked as non-authoritative (unless you ask it about the com or net zones themselves). To query your own server using DNS Expert's query tool, set the fields as follows: - Query: netextras.com - Server: marge.netextras.com - Query type: any record - Recursive query: unchecked ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy At 10:51 AM -0600 5/21/03, John Readwin wrote: >Here is my question >When I query my primary DNS ( marge.netextras.com) with DNS Expert, >it says it is not an authoritative answer [snip] >From DNS Expert >------------------------------------ >Query: marge.netextras.com. Query type: Any record >Recursive query: Yes Authoritative answer: No >Query time: 181 ms. Server name: n/a > >Answer: > marge.netextras.com. 172800 A 64.201.182.2 > >Authority: > netextras.com. 172800 NS lisa.netextras.com. > netextras.com. 172800 NS marge.netextras.com. > >Additional: > lisa.netextras.com. 172800 A 64.201.182.3 >----------------------------------- > >Should this concern me, What do I ( or my ISP) need to do to make me >authoratative >I have a subnet of 32 address >64.201.182.0-31 > > >Thanks >John Readwin

Messages In This Thread: Authoratative DNS Question by John Readwin on May 21, 2003 at 9:55:13 am Re: Authoratative DNS Question by Len Conrad on May 21, 2003 at 10:10:30 am Re: Authoratative DNS Question by Men & Mice Support on May 21, 2003 at 11:23:13 am Re: Authoratative DNS Question by John Readwin on May 21, 2003 at 1:37:36 pm