There aren't any records in the hosts file of the private nic. Nice thought though.. I'm on bind 8. This is the first time I've ever ran a DNS server with two NIC's in it so I don't know if there are any special setup's I need to be aware of or if this is something that's not done very often and may still be a bug.. On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Mark Peoples wrote: > does your pub dns machine have any record of ip-to-name or vice versa of > your private dns machine? not necessarily in dns tables, but perhaps in > hosts? > > also, i assume you are running bind, right? > > marco > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Harrop" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:04 AM > Subject: DNS and 2 NICs > > > > I've got a DNS server that has two NIC's installed. The reason why is > > because it has to act as a firewall for a few PC's so one adapter is > > public and one is private. The DNS information on the PC is for the > > public side only. The internal DNS is a seperate server. When the name > > for itself is used out in the internet world sometimes it tries to use the > > private NIC's IP. That's not even configured in the bind server! Hmm.. > > Any ideas? I've already turned the listen-on var to the public IP. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >