I think it is trying to do "dynamic DNS" updates.  It's telling your
nameserver to add the A record if there is not already one there.

It should be safe to ignore, since you already have the A record and
PTR record.

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> Could someone help me parse the following error?
> 
> Oct 29 13:00:52 fiona dhcpd: if IN A  doesn't exist add 21600 IN A 192.168.101.3: resolver failed.
> Oct 29 13:00:52 fiona dhcpd: if IN A  doesn't exist add 21600 IN A 192.168.101.3: resolver failed.
> 
> It appeared after upgrading to NetBSD-1.5_BETA. "fiona" is the
> gateway/nameserver for the private network; it does have A and PTR
> records for 192.168.101.3. The laptop gets the desired fixed address
> (same as before) -- I just wonder what the message means.
> 
> 
> Frederick
> 
> 

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