[oclug]DNS update problem

[dana]

it's the default named.conf with Redhat 8.0.
The windows box can see the internet OK and this
is the only dns the it knows about

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On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 14:16, Dana Webber wrote:
>/ I know that putting   "192.168.33.254 w2k0001.dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org" 
/>/ in /etc/hosts would work, but that should not be necessary.
/
Unless you are running a local version of bind, with a caching name
server, it will be necessary to put w2k001 in /etc/hosts, your system
has no other way to reference it.
 
>/ Every time I do an ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew 
/>/ on my windows box, I get this in /var/log/messages
/>/ ( Redhat 8.0 )
/>/ 
/>/ Jan 16 20:18:37 dunrobin dhcpd: if IN A w2k0001.dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org rrset 
/>/ doesn't exist add 20000 IN A w2k0001.dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org 192.168.33.254: 
/>/ timed out.
/>/ 
/>/ dhcpd.conf has the lines:
/>/ 
/>/ ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
/>/ # --- default gateway
/>/         option routers                  192.168.33.2;
/>/         option subnet-mask              255.255.255.0;
/>/         option nis-domain               "dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org";
/>/         option domain-name              "dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org";
/>/         option domain-name-servers      192.168.33.2;
/>/         option time-offset              -5;     # Eastern Standard Time
/>/         option netbios-name-servers     192.168.33.2;
/>/ 
/>/ The windows box can browse the internet, so the dns has to be up.
/>/ if I try ping w2k0001.dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org  I get
/>/ 
/>/ PING w2k0001.dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org (209.148.84.167) from 209.148.84.167 : 
/>/ 56(84) bytes of data.
/>/ 
/>/ That is my external IP! The hostname is dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org
/>/ 
/>/ but ping w2k0001 results in 
/>/ ping: unknown host w2k0001
/>/ 
/>/ /etc/resolve.conf is
/>/ search dyn.dhs.org
/>/ nameserver 192.168.33.2
/>/ nameserver 209.148.64.156
/>/ 
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