[SLL] Ubuntu Hardy; strange routing problem

[Jarod Wilson]

On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 08:31 -0800, Jorge Restrepo wrote:
> jer at jr:~$ host lxer.com
> lxer.com has address 207.210.216.38
> lxer.com mail is handled by 10 dal3.wmkt.net.
> 
> I doubt the DNS server is at fault, although I need to investigate if the
> DNS server in this pc is defined by DHCP...   Good point.
> 
> 
> However,
> 
> jer at jr:~$ host lxer.com 207.210.216.38
> ^Cjer at jr:~$ host lxer.com  207.210.216.38
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> 
> Hmmmm....

Not really. That just means 207.210.216.38 isn't running a DNS server
that you're allowed to query.

$ host lxer.com 4.2.2.1
Using domain server:
Name: 4.2.2.1
Address: 4.2.2.1#53
Aliases: 

lxer.com has address 207.210.216.38
lxer.com mail is handled by 10 dal3.wmkt.net.


--jarod