Feizhou wrote: > Hello Ray, > >> Appears to be listening how I expected it to be, unless I'm not reading >> this right. > > Running 'dig www.swhi.net @64.135.16.15' > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> www.swhi.net @64.135.16.15 > ; (1 server found) > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > > Robert suggested looking at your firewall. What rules do you have > related to port 53 udp? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi Feizhou, As I'm not at all expert in my understanding of iptables I can't say definitely that there are any rules on port 53 udp but, here's the output of /sbin/iptables -L: [root at sunspot ray]# /sbin/iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp any ACCEPT esp -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT ah -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 224.0.0.251 udp dpt:mdns ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:ipp ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ipp ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:ssh REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited >From what is posted above, does it appear that iptables is the issue? Thanks for all the help and advice! Kind regards, ~Ray