Re: example replace address for host not working...

[Brian W. <bwe...@xb...>]

On Wed, 6 May 2009, Eman wrote:

> So I have dnsjava working just fine but I can't seem to replace a host with a
> dynamic address.. here is my code
>
> [snip]
>
> This is the output I get (assuming blah works..)
>
>
> www.blah.com.	176400	IN	A	X.X.X.X
> 2009-05-06 13:39:28,192 [main] INFO   - BEFORE X.X.X.X
> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

Your problem is that you're sending the update to the wrong place, hence 
the Connection Refused.

> I guess I don't understand what Message response = res.send(update); is
> doing and how that updates the resolving of the hostname? Can someone
> enlighten me?

It's sending the update to the DNS server, so that the DNS server can 
return the new data next time it's asked.  You're not sending it to the 
DNS server, so it's not working.

Brian