resolv problem or what?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <bj2ooe$1iai$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
Peter  <no_spam_pbournias at hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:55:30 GMT, Barry Margolin <barry.margolin at level3.com>
>wrote:
>
>>>In article <bio57a$192c$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>>>Peter  <no_spam_pbournias at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I have recently installed Mandrake 9.1 on an older system that I have and
>>>>setup a static dns using 192.168.0.10 along with box.linux.cxm domain name and
>>>>reverse dns.
>>>>
>>>>I can nslookup, dig, ping, and lynx my web page on the linux box.
>>>>
>>>>I can ping and view my web page from a windows box using the ip but I can't
>>>>see the web page using the url www.pab.cxm or pab.cxm.
>>>
>>>Sounds like the Windows box isn't pointing to the Linux box as its
>>>nameserver.  Check the Windows box's DNS Search Order.
>
>Hi Barry,
>
>I am under the impression that once the domain and reverser dns is setup that
>the lan systems would just be able to see the web pages just as if they were
>connect to the internet.

The Windows box is probably using your ISP's nameservers, which don't know
anything about the pab.cxm domain.  Setting the domains up on your Linux
box doesn't do anything unless the client machines are told to query it
instead of the ISP's nameservers.

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