Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:43:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: Mark J Wheeler <uwheem00@mcl.ucsb.edu> Cc: Help? <Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD running CERN Message-ID: <XFMail.970523115204.joki@jocki.domestic.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.93.970522171814.15437B-100000@mcl.ucsb.edu>
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On 23-May-97 at 00:30:14 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 Hi, o you need to set up a nameserver. Do this in /etc/resolv.conf (man resolv.conf for help). o If you want to contact only a few hosts by name, put them into /etc/hosts. o To use both in a sensible order, rewrite /etc/host.conf to contain "hosts" before "bind". cu Jo --------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - top breeders recommend it <http://www.freebsd.org>; Joachim Kuebart <joa@delos.lf.net> Tel: +49 711 653706 <joa@stuttgart.netsurf.de> Germany <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de>
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