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I have set up a master DNS server using isc-bind. My problem is that when I try to look up hostnames from the same computer, it works when using localhost but not when I use the IP of the host.

This gives the correct answers:-

dig @localhost www.google.com

But this says "connection timed out; no servers could be reached"

dig @192.168.0.1 www.google.com

Here's my resolv.conf

nameserver 127.0.0.1

And when I run ping to 192.168.0.1, I get replies. What am I doing wrong here ??

Answer 1

Your instance of BIND is probably only listening on the loopback interface (127.0.0.1) and won't answer when addressed by an IP address that's associated with a real physical interface (your 192.168.0.1)

Look in your named.conf file for the listen-on directive. You may also need to change the allow-query ACL.