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Title: 2nd server not accesible via full hostname?
Post by: Lum-chan on January 15, 2005, 12:15:08 PM

I have the following situation:

SME 6.0.1-10 as Private Gateway/Router
SME 6.0.1-10 as Server Only
Several Windows XP Sp1 workstations

The following "problem" occurred after installing the Server Only SME box with a running Q3A OSP Server:

In any browser I can access https://gateway.sme-server.local/server-manager
but....
https://satan.sme-server2.local/server-manager doesn't work. It gives 'satan.sme-server2.local could not be found. Please check the name and try again.' as error
However when I use https://satan/server-manager works

Ping to satan is not a problem. Ping to satan.sme-server.local doesn't.

Using http:// in stead of https:// doesn't make any difference :/

Anyone a clue on what's going wrong?

Title: 2nd server not accesible via full hostname?
Post by: Damian on January 15, 2005, 02:33:05 PM

Hi Lum-chan,

It seems your DNS settings aren't right. I assume that your XP clients get DNS via a DHCP lease from the gateway SME ? If so, why run two DNS domains internally ? (sme-server2.local and sme-server.local) Both machines should really be on the same DNS domain (choose one) so that they become:

gateway.sme-server.local and satan.sme-server.local or similar.

Then add an entry into each SME's host table about the other machine.

You'll need to reconfigure this through the console.

Damian

Title: 2nd server not accesible via full hostname?
Post by: Lum-chan on January 15, 2005, 03:30:29 PM

Thanks Damian!

I'll change it right away....

[edit] It works! Thanks! [/edit]