Search Again: Problems resolving hostname from PC and Router... From: Barry Cotter Date: Wednesday, October 7, 1998 Time: 1:14:00 am Hi, I have QuickDNS Pro running for a number of domains (approximately 100). Secondary for most all of those domains is a Linux box run by my upstream provider. Today, a client reported problems resolving a domain name from the PCs on their network which we provide connectivity for. The Macs on their network though had no problem with the domain name. Upon checking the IP/DNS configuration on the PCs, it appears as if they are configured the same way as the Macs... our QuickDNS server being primary, my upstream provider being secondary. They have approximately 35 PCs and 15 Macs... the problem is consistent across all PCs but works on all Macs. Sooo, I logged into their router (CISCO 1604) and tried pinging the host... it was not resolvable using our primary DNS or our upstream secondary DNS but it was resolvable using a dns from somewhere else out on the net. It is possible that our upstream provider was having problems with their dns (can't confirm) but why would a Mac be able to resolve the address but not PCs? The PCs are all running WIN95. I suspect a problem with our upstream providers dns (our secondary) as in the past when their dns goes down, our dns tends to really bog down or even crash. But I haven't been able to confirm they had a problem today and the Macs seem to have no problem with the host name. Does anyone know why this might be happening and how I can avoid same? Do I change the dns config of the QuickDNS server to point elsewhere? Multiple questions here... I thank anyone for any assitance you might be able to provide. Cheers! Barry -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Barry J. Cotter mailto:barry@advantage.com advantage.com services inc. (604) 720-4175

Messages In This Thread: Problems resolving hostname from PC and Router... by Barry Cotter on Oct 7, 1998 at 1:14:00 am Re: Problems resolving hostname from PC and Router... by Chris Buxton on Oct 7, 1998 at 1:31:00 am