command to locate nameservers question

[Don Chorman]

I have been having problems with @homes local (I think)DNS servers.
I did try entering the NS1.HOME.NET    internet address = 24.0.0.27
for the DNS server my machine uses, just to see if I could use it.
There are 10 hops to the NS1.HOME.NET, so I doubt I will use it.

When I did a traceroute to 24.2.222.33 and 24.0.0.27, I get a wierd first
hop:

# traceroute 24.2.222.33
traceroute to 24.2.222.33 (24.2.222.33), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  * * *
 2  proxy1.elnsng1.mi.home.com (24.2.222.33)  9.456 ms  12.132 ms  8.843
ms

]# traceroute 24.2.222.33
traceroute to 24.2.222.33 (24.2.222.33), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  * * *
 2  proxy1.elnsng1.mi.home.com (24.2.222.33)  9.456 ms  12.132 ms  8.843
ms

traceroute to 24.0.0.27 (24.0.0.27), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  * * *
 2  bb1-fe1-0-100bt.elnsng1.mi.home.net (24.2.222.1)  11.343 ms  9.515
ms  10.521 ms
 3  c1-se6-0.dtrtmi1.home.net (24.7.73.189)  33.528 ms  37.214 ms
18.597 ms
 <last 7 hops not shown>

Whats up with the * * * ?


I was thinking about letting my machine as a caching DNS
server. Do you think that this would be a good idea?

Thanks,
Don Chorman