Hi Fred
On 01-May-00, you wrote:
>>
>> I think I have the correct one as it works for everything else except
>> getting IP hostname.
>> How does the DNS server knows what IP hostname I want? I mean how does
>> it know I want i.e. "MOVA" before "netcabo.pt"? (probablly stupid
>> question)
>
> *You* don't determine your hostname - your ISP does. If your IP address
> is dynamic, then your hostname will be dynamic as well. If you have a
> static IP, you *may* be able to get them to assign you a specific
> hostname.
>
Ok. but I cant undersntand why on the PeeCee my hostname is
MNBMS.netcabo.pt or JNBA.netcabo.pt whatever machine I am on.
>> I would try the MiamiResolve but now I got back to a bigger prob. :)
>> That is Miami is unable to determine my local IP address. That appened
>> for very long time before but I got the prob, (thanks to Cable
>> DSL FAQ) it was with my ethernet board address. The ISP or cable modem
>> remembers board address. So I put the same address in all 3 boards in
>> the house. Dont know why but since yesterday I cant even pass that
>> "old" prob. Everything fine on other 2 Peecees.
>
> Aarggh! Don't *ever* assign the same Ethernet address to multiple
> machines. Doing that will cause all kinds of problems. If you need to
> switch machines for the cable modem, reset the modem (or perhaps
> power-cycle it) to get it to forget the address. Better still, set up one
> machine as a gateway and let the others route through it.
>
That doesnt cause probs bettween the two PeeCees. Same Ethernet board
address and different ethernet hardware. Unfurnattly(?) it is not very
pratique to turn off and on the modem for 5 mins wheenever I change
computers. :(
>>>> How bad is to not having a hostname? Could it be the cause to any
>>>> other probs I am facing?
>>>
>>> You'd have to say what the other problems are. :-)
>>>
>>> Most things don't care. It gets used for certain things such as headers
>>> inserted when sending emails, where it may or may not be important that
>>> it's correct. Note that sometimes sites you connect to will require a
>>> valid rDNS translation for your IP, so if yor ISP has that screwed up you
>>> may have problems independent of what happens at your end.
>>>
>>
>> I had problems sending mails and mostlly web uses. Telnet was fine and
>> so was FTP.
>
> Sounds like it could be related. I've encountered Telnet *clients* that
> wouldn't connect to a *server* that didn't have matching forward and
> reverse DNS translations, as a security hack.
>
Ok.. Now I know my only prob: No hostname. :)
Regards
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