node command does not work with host name

Add the following to the "tmm_base.tcl" file and that should do the trick!

  
   DNS UDP client (port 53)  
       : <- UDP:  
  proxy RESOLV {  
      use server $IP_ADDR_LOCALHOST $service(domain)  
      serverside UDP  
  }  
  

I also had to comment out the following lines from my /var/named/config/named.conf

  
  options {   
          listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };  
          listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };  
          recursion yes;  
          directory "/config/namedb";  
         allow-query {  
         localhost;  
         };  
          allow-transfer {  
                  localhost;  
          };  
          forwarders {  
          };  
  };  
  

Well since you got me started, here is a rule from my 'secret stash' that shows how to make BigIP into a full blown http proxy.

  
  rule proxy_rule {  
     when HTTP_REQUEST {  
        set uri [HTTP::uri]  
        set host [URI::host $uri]  
        set port [URI::port $uri]  
        set query [URI::query $uri]  
        set basename [URI::basename $uri]  
    
        if {[string bytelength $query] > 0} {  
            set query [format "?%s" $query]  
        }  
        if {[string bytelength $basename] > 0} {  
            set truncated [format "%s%s%s" [URI::path $uri] $basename $query ]  
        }  
        else {  
            set truncated [format "%s%s" [URI::path $uri] $query]  
        }  
        if {[scan $host "%d.%d.%d.%d" a b c d] != 4} {  
            HTTP::uri $truncated  
            NAME::lookup $host  
            HTTP::collect  
        }  
        else {  
            use node $host 80  
        }  
     }  
    
     when NAME_RESOLVED {  
        set address [NAME::response address 0]  
        use node $address 80  
        HTTP::release  
     }  
  }