From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 13 16:27: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (mail-2.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2F4037B539 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:26:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA15379; Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:21:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Otter" To: "Matt Rudderham" , Subject: RE: DNS Resolution Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:19:04 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01C0055B.585B11A0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <001001c00577$63930340$0208a8c0@UNISYS> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C0055B.585B11A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matt, Have you added your ISP's (or any other) nameserver IP in /etc/resolv.conf? Most people will recommend you have at least two listed, in case the first one is unreachable or inoperable. Also, I have each of the inside machines of my LAN using the ISP's nameservers to resolve hostnames at each machine. -Otter -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Rudderham Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 6:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DNS Resolution Hi, I have a machine acting as a gateway on a small network. The connected machines can contact the outside internet if they use an IP address, but they cannot do any name resolution. For example if I tell it to go to 204.216.27.18 it will go to the FreeBSD site, but if I tell it to go to FreeBSD.org, it won't go, What can I do to fix this up? Thanks. Matt Rudderham matt@researcher.com ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C0055B.585B11A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Matt,

Have=20 you added your ISP's (or any other) nameserver IP in = /etc/resolv.conf? Most=20 people will recommend you have at least two listed, in case the first = one is=20 unreachable or inoperable. Also, I have each of the inside machines = of my=20 LAN using the ISP's nameservers to resolve hostnames at each=20 machine.

-Otter

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From:=20 owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt=20 Rudderham
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 6:40 = PM
To:=20 freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: DNS=20 Resolution

Hi,

I have a machine acting as a gateway = on a small=20 network. The connected machines can contact the outside internet if = they use=20 an IP address, but they cannot do any name resolution. For example if = I tell=20 it to go to 204.216.27.18 it will go to the FreeBSD site, but if I = tell it to=20 go to FreeBSD.org, it won't go, What can I do to fix this = up?

Thanks.

Matt Rudderham

matt@researcher.com

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