Topic: SME5.6 Setup (Server&Gateway)

[nef kho]

hi all,

i have a dilaup account with static ip, and my isp gave me the primary & seconday dns and i wish to host my website and email, the sme configuration dose not have an entry field for the primary and secondary dns, the problem is i get a lame messages when i surf website using win98se (etc e-smith, contribs).  anyone have solution to this problem?

i tried doing this:
in my win98se network setup (tcp/ip properties, dns configuration) i put my isp primary and seconday dns and it work fine. is this the solution or am i doing it wrong? b'coz in e-smth 4 which i been using all i do is place the local ip of the server in my win98se network setup (tcp/ip properties, dns configuration).

thanks
 
nef

[TechNut]

Log in to the server not using root. Use your admin login.

Select Option 2: Configure this server

When you get to the screen titled "Select Master DNS Server Address this is where you enter the primary DNS Server Address. Continue through the screens and after the server makes the appropriate changes you should be in business.

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[nef kho]

i did made the changes, by placing my primary dns and also tried secondary but the problem is my email does not  work anymore with this settings. i am using pop3/smtp.

tia,

nef

[Bill Talcott]

You shouldn't need to put anything in the DNS field. Only enter that if it won't work without it.

If you want to add hostnames for the LAN that aren't valid internet FQDN's, use the Hostnames panel of Server Manager. "mail" and "www" will be setup by default, and may cause problems with accessing your ISP's pages if you aren't using your own domain name. Edit/remove them if necessary.

[nef kho]

i removed the dns in the sme56 configuration, but still i cant access to some site, my log shows LAME errors, in my workstation place the sme56 local ip address as dns still didnt work, where it should be, and i add dns given by my isp in workstation, this is the only time that its working. (my sme is setup as Server & Gateway / dial-up with continues mode / with static ip)

from my sme i login as root and tried to ping "e-smith.org" i get no reply

[root@e-smith root]# ping e-smith.org
PING e-smith.org (216.191.234.125) from 210.23.111.18 : 56(84) bytes of data.

--- e-smith.org ping statistics ---
143 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% loss, time 142014ms
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[root@e-smith root]# ping yahoo.com                                             PING yahoo.com (64.58.79.230) from 210.23.111.18 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.58.79.230: icmp_seq=1 ttl=237 time=431 ms
64 bytes from 64.58.79.230: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=419 ms
64 bytes from 64.58.79.230: icmp_seq=3 ttl=237 time=419 ms
64 bytes from 64.58.79.230: icmp_seq=4 ttl=237 time=419 ms
64 bytes from 64.58.79.230: icmp_seq=5 ttl=237 time=419 ms

--- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% loss, time 9491ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 419.371/421.731/431.095/4.682 ms

i really need to fix this problem, thanks.

nef