[ale] DNS problems

[Gene Matthews]

Hello all,

I have a name server that I am maintaining (ns1.jamfo.com) that is 
authoritative for the jamfo.com domain.  I THINK i have everything 
configured correctly, however a lot of other name servers don't seem to 
be able to resolve some jamfo.com names.  I know it takes some time for 
things to propogate, however, some of these changes have been in place 
for over a week.

Some name servers (Adelphia's for one, 24.53.64.18) can resolve every 
name in my zone file fine, some others can only resolve some of them.

Sprint and mindspring don't seem to be resolving much.

For instance,

jamfo.com
*.jamfo.com
*.media.jamfo.com

should all resolve to a given IP (not the same one though).  They do, 
obviously, if i point directly at ns1.jamfo.com to resolve them.

Would the timeout below indicate some config problem on my side?  I'm 
not completely ignorant of DNS, but I'm not a guru either.  I'd 
appreciate any thoughts/suggestions anyone may have.

Thanks,

Gene


# nslookup
Note:  nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.  Run nslookup with
the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.
 > server 204.117.214.10
Default server: 204.117.214.10
Address: 204.117.214.10#53
 > jamfo.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
 > wb.jamfo.com
Server: 
	204.117.214.10
Address: 
204.117.214.10#53

** server can't find wb.jamfo.com: SERVFAIL
 > gene.jamfo.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
 > server 24.53.64.18
Default server: 24.53.64.18
Address: 24.53.64.18#53
 > jamfo.com
Server: 
	24.53.64.18
Address: 
24.53.64.18#53

Name: 
jamfo.com
Address: 63.168.35.72
 > wb.jamfo.com
Server: 
	24.53.64.18
Address: 
24.53.64.18#53

Non-authoritative answer:
wb.jamfo.com 
canonical name = prodweb.jamfo.com.
Name: 
prodweb.jamfo.com
Address: 63.168.35.73
 > wb.media.jamfo.com
Server: 
	24.53.64.18
Address: 
24.53.64.18#53

wb.media.jamfo.com 
canonical name = prodmedia.jamfo.com.
Name: 
prodmedia.jamfo.com
Address: 63.168.35.74


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