F9 box refuses to be a DNS server for intranet...

[rodmitch65]

Howdy!

bind and nameserver-cache are installed, named is running.

F9 is the router for the intranet. yet seems to not want to serve DNS.

Any clues? Have tested nameserver-cache on the F9 box and it works well!

If the intranet PCs are configured with an external DNS addy no probs but reckon that it'd be better to serve it locally off the cache...

Cheers, Rod.

[tsorvoja]

Open up the firewall for DNS requests.

[rodmitch65]

Hey, thanks for the reply.

Using FireStarter which allows port 53 in and out, maybe the FC4 ==> F9 upgrade has adjusted the built in firewall but with iptables -L I could see no reference to DNS or port 53.

How can I test the built in firewall to see if it is blocking DNS reequests?

Thx, Rod.

[tsorvoja]

I think that there should be an entry in /var/log/messages.

[rodmitch65]

Good stuff, thanks for perservering...

I have been watching via tail -f /var/log/messages but never see a message when an intranet PC requests DNS from the F9 box...?

Thx, Rod.