<snip> > > not certain if you intend it to be, but your 64.135.16.15 machine is > not reachable from "outside". an attempt to telnet to port 53 (or 25) > gets me "no route to host" and a traceroute ends with: > > 8 ge2-0.cr1.bct.fl.host.net (64.135.1.9) 34.779ms 35.102ms 35.413ms > 9 ge6-1.er8.bct.fl.host.net (64.135.1.58) 34.934ms 34.219ms 35.044ms > 10 sunspot.swhi.net (64.135.16.15) 34.653 ms !<10> 34.619 ms !<10> > > 35.739 ms !<10> > > so, from the outside, it appears that you have a firewall block (or > network configuration problem). > > my read is that the block is at the machine, not an edge router, so > this may be the source of your problem. > > try doing a telnet to port 53 on 64.135.16.15 (based on past messages i > think that that's the correct ipnumber) from some local machine and see > what you get. if it's listening you should get a connect message (even > if there are access restrictions in named.conf). if you get something > else, that should give a hint on where to look. > > > - Rick > > Hi Rick, Telnetting on port 53 from a machine in the same /24 gives this: [ray at wh1 ray]$ telnet 64.135.16.15 53 Trying 64.135.16.15... telnet: connect to address 64.135.16.15: No route to host Thanks for your input. I welcome any suggestions. Kind regards, ~Ray