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Title: primary/secondary dns where it is?
Post by: nef kho on April 19, 2003, 02:24:58 PM

hi,

i have e-smith4 up and running, i am upgrading to 5.6 with update3, i notice that there is no primary and seconday dns entries in the configuration of the server, i am using dial-up and i cant surf or ping www.e-smith.org or com.

can samone help me?

tia,

nef

Title: Re: primary/secondary dns where it is?
Post by: nef kho on April 19, 2003, 02:37:55 PM

hi,

i tried configuring it under the Operation Mode, i used Server & Gateway, i think that was the problem and i tried Private Server & Gateway its ok now, but i dont seems to understand what the "Private" means.

nef

Title: Re: primary/secondary dns where it is?
Post by: nef kho on April 19, 2003, 03:24:48 PM

hello again,

using Server & Gateway Mode or even Private Server & Gateway Mode, i get this error when i access website:

Apr 19 10:22:43 e-smith named[2945]: lame server resolving 'WWW.E-SMITH.ORG.xx' (in '.'?): 198.41.0.10#53

tia,

nef

Title: Re: primary/secondary dns where it is?
Post by: TechNut on April 20, 2003, 11:17:01 AM

When the server is set for Private the web server can not be seen to anyone outside the local network meaning the mail server will only work on the LAN and can't be seen on the WAN. It also sets firewall rules to drop packets for certain services such as ping and etc.

Unless you do not have a router running NAT for a firewall there is really no reason to use the gateway mode at all. Server-Only will work just fine.

Hope this helps.

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Title: Re: primary/secondary dns where it is?
Post by: nef kho on April 24, 2003, 12:38:28 PM

i dont have a firewall, and i want to have a server&gateway mode.

thanks