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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: gelcube on August 02, 2006, 04:41:51 AM
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I'm currently having an issue resolving local workstation FQDNs. I use DHCP for all but one windows server, which has a static IP. I have that one server's hostname in the "hostnames and addresses" panel, and it resolves fine.
But when I do a "ping workstation.domain.local", I get an unknown host error. Reverse dns gets a pc-00045.domain.local result.
I've rebooted a couple of times, but it doesn't seem to help.
I don't believe this is a bug, since I've got another SME7 box that's working just fine. Any ideas?
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Ok, an update.
The SME 7 that is working has a corporate DNS set, and is not the DHCP server. So it's not in the same situation. This could be a bug. I'll hit the bug tracker.
Anyone else having this issue?
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I'm currently having an issue resolving local workstation FQDNs. I use DHCP for all but one windows server, which has a static IP. I have that one server's hostname in the "hostnames and addresses" panel, and it resolves fine.
But when I do a "ping workstation.domain.local", I get an unknown host error. Reverse dns gets a pc-00045.domain.local result.
DNS doesn't know anything about "workstation" unless you have entered "workstation" in the hostnames panel.
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DNS doesn't know anything about "workstation" unless you have entered "workstation" in the hostnames panel.
Shouldn't the workstation autoregister its name with the DNS? I know that's the default on Microsoft DNS, as that's how I've got my Windows Servers set up.
How do I go about reconfiguring TinyDNS to autoregister my DHCP workstations? It's the best way to monitor and administer DHCP workstations remotely.
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Shouldn't the workstation autoregister its name with the DNS?
That's a matter of opinion. I don't want my DNS managed by workstations I don't trust.
How do I go about reconfiguring TinyDNS to autoregister my DHCP workstations?
There's no built in support for that. I believe that there are contribs for doing that, which work my monitoring log files. Search, and ask in the Contribs forum if you can't find.
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Hmm. Of course the first thing I did was do several searches of the Contribs, Howtos, and forums. In fact, I went through every single contrib user folder on contribs.org. THAT took a while. :)
But I will post in the Contribs forum. Thanks for confirming this isn't a bug, but by design. Quick question, would it be TinyDNS or dnscache that would handle something like this? I'm afraid I'm not too sure what the role of dnscache is.