On Sat 26 Apr, Daniel Brown wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I am configuring my RiscBSD system to connect to the internet.
> > 
> > After setting up the SLIP connection I am left with one problem.
> > I can not get dynamic name resolving (Bind,named) get to work.
> > I have configured the /etc/resolve.conf and namedb files. If I
> > try dnsquery I get a valid respons from my providers name server.
> > However when I want to use another tool (ping, ftp, telnet) and start
> > it with an unknown (not known in the /etc/hosts file) server I get
> > 'unknown host'. Do these tools use the resolver method? If I use 
> > an address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) the tools work ok.
> 
> Connectivity's not the problem then - you can reach the name server ok?
> 
> > Who can give me a hint.
> 
> Ummm... Just in case - have you tried the Network config options in the
> configuration script (/usr/local/sbin/rcm). This is all I had to play with
> to get a LAN connection going, but as I've never had to do this for a
> dial-up, there'll probably be other bits'n'bats to tweak, also.

I can not find this file on my system. Mind you I also had to type the
resolve.conf file.

> 
> All the tools mentioned use the resolver method to look up names, in the
> order specified in /etc/resolv.conf - you might want to play with
> 'nslookup' as a test of the resolving setup, specifiying the IP address of
> your IP's ns if you wish...

nslookup works fine. If I ask for a host it answers with the IP address
hostname and aliases.

> 
> Dan.
Thank you Dan

Leo Smiers


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