Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:37:32 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: The success story continues... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980614163732.007f2100@mx.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980614152413.007ea100@mx.serv.net> References: <19980615081009.52376@welearn.com.au> <3.0.5.32.19980614141638.007eb320@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <19980614120205.14122@nothing-going-on.org> <3.0.5.32.19980614141638.007eb320@mx.serv.net>
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I even figured out how to cure my MSIE4 blues - just set "connect to the Internet using a local area network" in the connections tab under View/Internet Options in MSIE4. It eliminates auto-dialing completely, but I was never really that thrilled with it in the first place. I have a shortcut (ctrl-alt-D) set to instantly dial my provider when needed, and this way I have more control (when connected to the Net it uses the Net, as I have my dialup adapter /TCP-IP binding set to "default protocol" in Control Panel/Network). Works like a charm. I can even access my BSD machine while connected to the Net via modem on my Win95 machine (I guess Win95 is more intelligent than people give it credit sometimes). That hosts.sam/hosts file in the \windows directory was a stroke of genius... I'm sure I can guess where the Win95 programmers got THAT idea from :-) At 03:24 PM 6/14/98 -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > >THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I knew Win95 like the back of my hand.. I >guess it was more like the back of my thumb instead. > >It worked... I added the name to "hosts.sam" in c:\windows (and copied the >file to a file just called "hosts" for good measure, just in case) and now >I can use the name rather than the IP address. > >You've saved the day, Sue!! Now, how to get that darned MSIE4 to recognize >that that one particular IP address doesn't need to be dialed via modem >automatically when I try to connect to it (I have TCP/IP bound to both the >dialup adapter and my Ethernet card in Win95)... and everything would be >PERFECT. I may be expecting too much though... :-) I guess it's no big >deal to hit "cancel" when that dialup window pops up... I'll be using the >modem more often than I will be connecting to the BSD box anyway. > >At 08:10 AM 6/15/98 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >>On Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 02:16:38PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: >>> >>> As I've discovered today, it's not an easy task to run a named server, >>> unless I'm going completely in the wrong direction with my hacking >>> around... I can now ftp from Win95 to the IP address I gave the BSD box >>> without problems, but can't give it a name (like bsd-box.local.net) and FTP >>> to that. Apparently the BSD setup HAS to be registered with the InterNIC >>> and connect to a name server somewhere on the Internet in order to run >>> named. If not, someone direct me to some resources as to how to do it. >>> I'm hopelessly confused with how to use BIND - is there another way to run >>> named aside from BIND for people on an intranet and not connected to the >>> general Internet at all? If anyone knows, Email me directly, please. >> >>Well I decided to answer here because this is mostly about windoze so it >>would not be well placed in freebsd-questions. >> >>I had a FreeBSD machine and two NT machines (NT4 workstation, and NT3.50 >>on an alpha) networked for a while without using DNS but using hosts >>files. In FreeBSD it's /etc/hosts and in win there's a file called either >>host or hosts in the main directory (pathname is different on different >>flavours). In each case there should be a file there already that shows >>you what format to use to enter a line for each machine with notepad or >>similar. After simply listing my machines in these and rebooting I could >>use their short machine names to connect. >> >>I guess this works the same for win95. Can anyone confirm? >> >>-- >> >>Regards, >> -*Sue*- -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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