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Title: DNS resolution on external port
Post by: eiceic on February 05, 2005, 07:38:25 PM

I have two static IPs with my ISP and two SME 6.0.1 servers.   One resolves IPs fine, the other one doesn't.

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[root@linux1 root]# ping www.cnn.com
PING cnn.com (64.236.24.4) from 24.56.193.37 : 56(84) bytes of data.

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[root@linux2 root]# ping www.cnn.com
ping: unknown host www.cnn.com

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(1)  - How can I tell what DNS servers my linux box is using?
(2)  - Is there an easy way to change them?
(3)  - Where does it get them from?  the gateway?

Thanks,

Chris Buechler

Title: DNS resolution on external port
Post by: cc_skavenger on February 05, 2005, 08:41:09 PM

SME server uses tinydns and dnscache, it resolves dns entries on its own because it has a caching dns server built-in.  It is my understanding that if you have more dns entries that you want to add to it, they should go in the /etc/resolv.conf file.

HTH

Title: Thanks and Nevermind :)
Post by: eiceic on February 05, 2005, 08:58:04 PM

The problem was my cable modem needed a reboot -- I wasn't able to even ping the IP addresses - wasn't a DNS problem..

Thanks