Re: bind9 problems

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:56:53 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:

> I have setup a local DNS server on my home network (bind9 on debian
> lenny).
> 
> The DNS server seems to be working fine when accessed directly (i.e.
> through nslookup or by setting it as the primary nameserver for the
> computer manually throught /etc/resolv.conf).
> 
> So I tried setting it as the primary nameserver for the router (and
> rebooting the router).

I'm not sure what are your goals with this step because the router hasn't 
to resolve local dns queries, but bind9 :-?

> However this does not work. On querying the router with nslookup the
> request times out.

How are you exactly querying the router? Did you added the router's local 
IP into the DNS zone?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón