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Title: Force ISP dns query for some subdomains
Post by: Andre Courchesne on October 24, 2003, 05:40:05 PM

Hi,

  Ok here is my setup.

  I have an e-smith (5.5) as domain name net-forces.com.

  I have some external customer boxes that are regietered on the internet through Zoneedit as sub-domaine (i.e. aaa.net-forces.com, bbb.net-forces.com).

  Name resolution works great while outside on the network. i.e. Some a friend hount I can ping net-forces.com, aaa.net-forces.com and bbb.net-forces.com and I get the individual IP of each locations.

  However if I'm inside my network going through the net-forces.com e-smith, if I ping aaa.net-forces.com and bbb.net-forces.com the resolution always give me the IP fo net-forces.com.

  Anyway to get that to resolve to the individual sub-domains?

  Thanks,

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Andre Courchesne - Consultant
http://www.net-forces.com

Title: Re: Force ISP dns query for some subdomains
Post by: Guck Puppy on October 27, 2003, 05:47:23 AM

Andre Courchesne wrote:

>   I have some external customer boxes that are regietered on
> the internet through Zoneedit as sub-domaine (i.e.
> aaa.net-forces.com, bbb.net-forces.com).

>   Anyway to get that to resolve to the individual sub-domains?

Add the hostname aaa in the SME server manager. Point it at the IP address of your external customer box.

repeat.

G

Title: Re: Force ISP dns query for some subdomains
Post by: Andre Courchesne on October 27, 2003, 05:53:11 AM

Hi Guck,

  The problem is that the IPs are dynamic... Unless I write some script code that will have the remote station send me it';s new IP and then my server to configure the hostname with the new information, I don't see a way...

Andre