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Title: DNS issues
Post by: scott on September 17, 2003, 10:27:06 PM

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.

Title: Re: DNS issues
Post by: Lloyd Keen on September 18, 2003, 05:26:57 AM

Is dnscache running? #service dnscache status

Title: Re: DNS issues
Post by: Terry MacDonald on September 21, 2003, 05:03:16 AM

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!

Title: Re: DNS issues
Post by: scott on September 26, 2003, 06:45:32 AM

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.