From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 22 18:18:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA21907 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 May 1997 18:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com ([207.137.172.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA21902 for ; Thu, 22 May 1997 18:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com (ccsales.ccsales.com [207.137.172.4]) by ccsales.ccsales.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA28645; Thu, 22 May 1997 18:23:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 18:23:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Katz To: Mark J Wheeler cc: Help? Subject: Re: FreeBSD running CERN In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk It seems you need to configure nameservice or just put the host and ip addresses in /etc/hosts and point the Win95 machines in their DNS for TCP/IP to it as the nameserver. I've only done this by setting up DNS...see the FAQs it's fun! Randy Katz On Thu, 22 May 1997, Mark J Wheeler wrote: > > I'm having a bit of a problem and need some help if possible. > > Problem: > I have an intranet set up with FreeBSD on a 486 pc with a surrounding > network of Win95 pcs. I can telnet the server by IP address but not by > domainname. I can ping everyone by address but get a bad address when I > ping to the domain name. I thought I had everything set up . . . > In the etc/sysconfig I have hostname="www.c-mode.net" and I have the > defaultdomainname="c-mode.net". > I think the networks is fine? > I think the netstart is fine? > > I think everyting else is okay but I run into a wall when I try to get a > web page by the address of http://www.c-mode.net; http://199.1.1.3 works > fine but no domain name. Is this because of the dash in c-mode? > I am ignorant of a majority of UNIX stuff but seem to have made it this > far. > Any help or suggestions you could provide would be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, Mark Wheeler > RAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy A. Katz Computer Consultation & Sales 505 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 472 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (213) 307-9581 http://www.ccsales.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------