> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Jeppesen > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] FQDN's preventing me to connect to Todd's site? > > > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:57:08 +0100 > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By putting '192.168.1.15 steve.homeip.net steve' in your hosts table > > you are claiming that the domain homeip.net is on the subnet > > 192.168.1.x so whenever you try to visit Todds site it will be > > looking on 192.168.1.x > > > > You do not need to declare your servers external IP address (the > > interface facing your ISP) in your hosts table at all.You will find > > the address through DNS lookup. > > > > The internal address (facing your local net) must be in a different > > domain to the external interface. It is quite acceptable to make up a > > domain name such as 'localdomain' As in > > > > 192.168.1.15 steve.localdomain steve > > 192.168.1.1 server.localdomain server > > > > DNS is not used to discover IP addresses in the internal network, so > > you must put entries in the hosts table. > > Thanks for your help Derek, > with your suggestions I have managed to get the server to connect to > Todd's site, but none of the clients can resolve his site yet. > > First I changed the linux systems hostnames in their respective > /etc/sysconfig/network files, > HOSTNAME=server.homenetwork > HOSTNAME=steve.homenetwork > HOSTNAME=andrea.homenetwork > > then I updated (and removed any mention of "homeip.net") their hosts > files, > > server's /etc/hosts; > 192.168.1.1 server.homenetwork server > > client's respective /etc/hosts files; > 192.168.1.15 steve.homenetwork steve > 192.168.1.25 andrea.homenetwork andrea > > I have also logged out (to reset the hostname), logged back in and > restarted the network service on all the linux systems. None of the > Windows systems had any mention of "homeip.net" in their setups so I > believe they shouldn't be the source of DNS resolve errors. > > It seems as if the server or one of the clients is holding onto the > homeip.net domain somehow still. Is there anywhere else that domain > might be listed and I need to remove it? > > Somehow I feel this is a easy one....ugh! > > TIA > Steve > > --- > Linux user #280097 > Machines #162480 #191825 > > http://counter.li.org > >
On the windows boxes, what ip addr is resolving DNS for them? If your server is not resolving DNS for them it doesn't matter how you configure the server!! I would add .lan to the end so that your boxes have a FQDN: 192.168.1.15 steve.homenetwork.lan steve I, personally, would run my own DNS server and tell my windows PC's to use it. Then, I can make any name to resolve to any address. If this is interesting, ask how. HTH, Bill
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