Search Again: Re: Do I have a prob? From: Cayce Will Date: Monday, June 4, 2001 Time: 1:13:12 pm >I'm having trouble figuring out DNS for thevilla.org. > >If I TB2 to an off-site location, DNS expert will resolve the name just fine >from the nameserver 63.231.1.2 > >DNS expert works within from within the lan. (on both OS9 and in classic on >X) > > > >However, from an OSX box, within the lan, & from the same offsite location, >I get: >% nslookup thevilla.org 63.231.1.2 >*** Can't find server name for address 63.231.1.2: Non-existent host/domain >*** Default servers are not available > >Am I doing the nslookup right? >If so how come DNS expert can see it but nslookup can't? > >Tia >-Aa You don't have any dns servers specified under OS X. I don't know about OS X but under Solaris and various other Unix flavours you set your dns servers in the /etc/resolv.conf file. -- --------------------------- Cayce C. Will Systems Administrator DeepNet Communications, LLC 989-727-3865 http://www.deepnet.com http://www.deepnet.net http://shop.deepnet.com

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