Topic: DNS

[Harrison]

I am new to SME but loving it so far.  I have it installed and configured, 6.0b3 but I can't get my public DNS to work.  I have it set up as a server and gateway.  I am abble to access the test page on both sides and sen e-mail.  But if I try www.name.com I get an error but using the IP I am just fine.  Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.  Also, what contribs should I add to make it easier to remote administer.

[Michael Soulier]

Harrison wrote:
>
> I am new to SME but loving it so far.  I have it installed
> and configured, 6.0b3 but I can't get my public DNS to work.
> I have it set up as a server and gateway.  I am abble to
> access the test page on both sides and sen e-mail.  But if I
> try www.name.com I get an error but using the IP I am just
> fine.  Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.  Also, what
> contribs should I add to make it easier to remote administer.

Your workstation is probably not using the server as its nameserver. Switch to dhcp and you should be fine, assuming you don't have two dhcp servers on your network.

Make sure your nameserver is the sme server, and not your ISPs nameservers.

Mike

[Harrison]

Let me clairify a little.  The exteranal DNS Server. I have it on its own private network between ti and a back up server thats has no problems but if you go to a friends computer type in www.mydomain.com it dosnt pull up the site but you put in the IP no porblem pulling it up.

[Michael Soulier]

Harrison wrote:
>
> Let me clairify a little.  The exteranal DNS Server. I have
> it on its own private network between ti and a back up server
> thats has no problems but if you go to a friends computer
> type in www.mydomain.com it dosnt pull up the site but you
> put in the IP no porblem pulling it up.

I'm having a problem parsing what you're saying here, but it sounds like you're saying that you've bought a domain name that is not resolving to your server. Is that right?

If so, that has nothing to do with the server. Use a DNS-hosting service, or dyndns, or the commercial 6000 MAS release. The server is not responsible for setting up public DNS for your domain name.

Regards,
Mike