From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 20:31:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B5416A4CE for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:31:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ion.franksworld.org (vhost.domainatlantic.com [67.18.185.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7912A43D3F for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:31:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: (qmail 92834 invoked by uid 98); 20 Oct 2004 15:34:10 -0000 Received: from laszlof@vonostingroup.com by ion.franksworld.org by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamdscan: 0.75.1. Clear:RC:0(68.72.248.38):SA:0(?/?):. Processed in 3.091242 secs); 20 Oct 2004 15:34:10 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=? required=? Received: from unknown (HELO vonostingroup.com) (frank@cpmsg.com@68.72.248.38) by vhost.domainatlantic.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 2004 15:34:07 -0000 Message-ID: <4176CB1D.2020606@vonostingroup.com> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:31:25 -0400 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Donald J. O'Neill" References: <4176477D.2030207@schmittnet.com> <41768D59.8010405@netmaster.ru> <41768FD9.1060805@schmittnet.com> <200410201245.08345.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <200410201245.08345.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: software@schmittnet.com Subject: Re: Host name question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:31:33 -0000 >>search albyny.adelphia.net >>nameserver 192.168.0.1 >> >> > >You've got 192.168.0.1 listed as a nameserver. Can't be. That's the >ip address of your Netgear router, it acts as a DHCP server not as >a DNS server. What is albyny.adelphia.net? Is that your ISP? You >need to get one or more nameserver ip's from your ISP. That's what >goes in resolv.conf > > >>Thanks, >> >>Bill >> >> > >Don > > Most modern routers act a DNS servers these days, it is possible that the router is setup this way, and the router actually just forwards the dns requests to his ISP's nameservers. Regards, Frank