[lear9547]

Hi I'm running a simple DNS server on my local network to support my website, and I'm having some troubles. The forward/simple DNS query seems to work fine, but the reverse DNS query fails every time. Anyone know what's wrong? Here are my files:

;
; Database file paradisent.com.dns for paradisent.com zone.
; Zone version: 106
;

@ IN SOA dns.paradisent.com. webmaster.paradisent.com. (
106 ; serial number
900 ; refresh
600 ; retry
86400 ; expire
3600 ) ; default TTL

;
; Zone NS records
;

@ NS dns.paradisent.com.

;
; Zone records
;

@ A 198.145.28.5
@ MX 10 paradisent.com.
aquarius A 192.168.0.10
HINFO "Pentium III 450MHz" "Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4"
dns A 198.145.28.5
ftp CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
irc CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
mail CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
ns1 CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
ns2 CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
paradise A 192.168.0.5
smtp CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
uo CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
www CNAME dns.paradisent.com.
zeus A 192.168.0.20
HINFO "Pentium II 400MHz" "Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4"

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

;
; Database file 28.145.198.in-addr.arpa.dns for 28.145.198.in-addr.arpa zone.
; Zone version: 11
;

@ IN SOA dns.paradisent.com. hostmaster.paradisent.com. (
11 ; serial number
900 ; refresh
600 ; retry
86400 ; expire
3600 ) ; default TTL

;
; Zone NS records
;

@ NS dns.paradisent.com.
dns.paradisent.com. A 198.145.28.5

;
; Zone records
;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Database file 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.dns for 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa zone.
; Zone version: 7
;

@ IN SOA zeus.paradisent.com. hostmaster.paradisent.com. (
7 ; serial number
900 ; refresh
600 ; retry
86400 ; expire
3600 ) ; default TTL

;
; Zone NS records
;

@ NS zeus.paradisent.com.
zeus.paradisent.com. A 192.168.0.20

;
; Zone records
;

10 PTR aquarius.paradisent.com.
20 PTR zeus.paradisent.com.
5 PTR paradise.paradisent.com.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

-Jacob.
learj@students.sou.edu

[jonesi]

Hi, delete the a records in the reverse zone file in teh NS Section.


;
; Zone NS records
;

@ NS dns.paradisent.com.
dns.paradisent.com. A 198.145.28.5

;
; Zone records
;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Database file 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.dns for 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa zone.
; Zone version: 7
;


;
; Zone NS records
;

@ NS zeus.paradisent.com.
zeus.paradisent.com. A 192.168.0.20

;
; Zone records
;

10 PTR aquarius.paradisent.com.
20 PTR zeus.paradisent.com.
5 PTR paradise.paradisent.com.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

-Jacob.
learj@students.sou.edu

[lear9547]

Hi, thanks for responding. I deleted the lines and reloaded the files and restarted the server, but the reverse query still fails when I run the test in the monitoring area of MS DNS server. Are there any other things that need fixed?

Thanks for helping!

-Jacob.