Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 15:14:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Greg Stringfellow <greg@smokey.prismnet.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BIND Question Message-ID: <199709112014.PAA09359@smokey.prismnet.com>
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Here is an interesting question, or at least to me right now.
I've got a customer who is trying to send mail to a particular location. The
hostname is "HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US". I remember reading
somewhere about the underscores in a hostname not being valid. But I just
can't seem to track it down.
Now when on my 2.2 FreeBSD machines, I can nslookup that to get:
bash-2.00# nslookup HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US
Server: bandit.prismnet.com
Address: 205.166.246.2
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US
Address: 206.50.19.5
But if I try to ping it, telnet to it, or even send mail to it I get:
bash-2.00# ping HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US
ping: unknown host HPISD_ADMIN.HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US
And all of this works (with the same resolv.conf file mind you) on my 2.1.7
machine.
Any ideas? Am I going crazy? Have I not read something that I should have
from being too busy? All of the above?
Like always, all help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Greg
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Greg Stringfellow PrismNet, Inc. - Austin, TX USA
Network Administration WWW Pages, ISDN, Telnet, Dialup Accounts
HTTP://www.prismnet.com Phone: (512)-418-1568
"The trouble with the rat race is, even if you win, you're still a rat"
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