Topic: DNS issues

[scott]

Not sure what is going on with this issue, it may be DNS.

I recently installed a portal on my SME 6.0 server.  It is set to run on an unused port.
If I type the following in a browser on the local network it will work fine:
http://servername:port#

If I type the following in a browser, it will not work:
http://domainname:port#

I get an error telling me the connection has timed out.

Could this be a DNS issue?

Is it more likely to be something other than DNS?

Thanks.

[Lloyd Keen]

Is dnscache running? #service dnscache status

[Terry MacDonald]

The client machine on which your web browser is running must be told to use the DNS server (a.k.a dnscache) on the SME server.  So for example if your  SME server IP address is  192.168.x.x then for a (x)NIX client the following line "nameserver 192.168.x.x" (less the quotes!) must be placed in your /etc/resolv.conf file.

On Windows clients go into the network setup and look under the TCP  properties and in one of the tabs there are dialogs for setting DNS servers (caches).  If you find it set the first entry to your SME server IP address.

Don't forget to reboot windows or restart the network services!

[scott]

I am still trying to fix this thing.  I configured the clients, but no luck.  I also noticed that I cannot ping other computers on the network without using the ip address.