Re: DNS

Thomas Glenewinkel-Meyer ( t.glenewinkel-meyer@physik.tu-chemnitz.de )
Wed, 08 Apr 1998 08:34:26 +0200

At 17:41 04/07/98 +0000, you wrote:
>> I just started to try out SNTPCLN3.NLM on my 3.12 server. Runs OK, except
>> that when I enter literal hostnames in the config file the client complains
>> that the names are not valid. When I ping the remote server using the same
>> literal name it is fine. When I enter the data for name resolution in the
>> local HOSTS file it works fine. However, I would prefer to leave the name
>> resolution to the domain name server and not enter local info. What am I
>> doing wrong?
>>
>What DNS client are you using on the NW server ?
>
RESOLV 1.3 by Hellsoft, old but freeware and so far no problems.

>Can you realy ping from the NW console to the given literal name ?
Yes, I can. LOAD PING "hostname" works just fine. Same hostname does not
work with SNTPCLNT.

>Andre.
>MTWIN V3.01, SNTPCLNT V1.1
>For new versions http://www.neatech.ch
>mailto:ASchild@neatech.ch
>

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