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"host unreachable" messages from named: msg#00223

Subject: "host unreachable" messages from named
I have 2 DNS servers (one master, one slave) running on RedHat 7.1, 2.4.9 
kernel, with Bind 9.2.1 installed from rpm.

I recently started noticing the following messages in /var/log/messages:
Jun 22 11:46:05 dns named[32255]: client 123.123.123.50#62574: error 
sending response: host unreachable
Jun 22 11:47:32 dns named[32255]: client 123.123.123.53#63105: error 
sending response: host unreachable
Jun 22 11:49:59 dns named[32255]: client 123.123.123.99#4916: error sending 
response: host unreachable
My guess is that they started since I upgraded to 9.2.1, since the messages 
started June 4 and I upgraded the rpms the same day.

I've searched the archives and just about everywhere else I know to look 
(Google, RedHat, etc.) and I find no reference to this error (not that 
there isn't one - I just haven't found it).  The errors occur frequently, 
from as seldom as every few minutes, to as often as several a minute.  They 
happen on both my master and slave servers.

Can someone help me understand why they are happening and what I need to do 
to prevent them from occurring?

Thank you very much!

Brian Collins
Systems Administrator
Newnan Utilities
bcollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





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