##############The bb-hosts file entry is as follows:

page solaris Solaris 192.168.X.X solaris # Name:"SOLARIS" dns nis ntp telnet pop3 pop3s imap imaps

##############the dig @dns_server_in_question.example.com dns_server_in_question.example.com is as follows:

[xymon at xymon ~]$ dig @solairs.domain.com solaris.domain.com

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0b2 <<>> @solairs.domain.com solairs.domain.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50561 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION: ;solaris.domain.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION: solairs.domain.com. 259200 IN A 192.168.X.X

;; AUTHORITY SECTION: domain.com. 259200 IN NS solairs.domain.com.

;; Query time: 2 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.X.X#53(192.168.X.X) ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 23 09:53:20 2009 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61

         Craig Cook                                                    
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Can you post your bb-hosts line?

What happens when you do something like this:

dig @dns_server_in_question.example.com dns_server_in_question.example.com

Craig