Topic: Extra nameserver adresses

[P.v.S.]

Where can i put some extra nameserver adresses on my external interface?
With the installation you can only fill in one nameserver adress.
I want to add some more in case the primary namserver fails.

Regards,
P.v.S.

[Dan Brown]

Your SME server _is_ your nameserver, and does not need the addresses of any external DNS servers.  This is all explained in The Fine Manual at http://edocs.mitel.com/6000_SME_Server/smeserveruserguide/English/configmisc.html.

[guestHH]

As far as I 'know' your MSE server is talking directly with the internet root servers.

[P.v.S.]

The problem is that sometimes my webbrowser does not display the requested page. I can also not reach my ISP's pop server sometimes. When this happens i can still ping ip adresses on the internet so the gateway is open.
I was thinking that if i could add some external nameserver adresses maybe the problem was solved.
when you install the SME server the instalation procedure is asking you for the ip adress, netmask, gateway and nameserver adresses. In my case my sme server is behind a firewall. This firewall is owned and  administered by the isp who is in the same building as me. Maybe i have to look for the course of this problem in their firewall configuration.

Regards,

P.v.S.

[Damien Curtain]

P.v.S. wrote:
>
> Where can i put some extra nameserver adresses on my external
> interface?
> With the installation you can only fill in one nameserver
> adress.
> I want to add some more in case the primary namserver fails.

Your using the forwarding option in named.

set Forwarder2 to be the string of the extra name servers.

/sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop named Forwarder2 "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"

You set Forwarder2 because if you set Forwarder1 to more than 1 entry sme will complain if you ever use the console setup again...

etc...

Then run
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/named-conf foo
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/named-reload
--
 Damien