Name resolution in a Windows environment

Thu, 2 May 2002 21:45:59 -0400

Thanks Hans, 
Yeah it was DNS they told me which DNS server to connect to (even gave me an ip address) but this morining when I did ipconfig /all on one of the NT boxes I saw that they didn't have a DNS server (or at least no one here is connected to a DNS server). I have to assume that their proxy server is somehow handling name resolution since I now can get out to the net from my browswer (yes I'm tryping this up from my linux box).And I was able to install xiamian using the proxy settings but Xchat, gnomeICU, evolution, and mozilla mail can not reach outside by domain name (mental note figure out a way for mozilla mail servers to resolve though the proxy just like the broswer). I set wins to be first with my name resolution in my smb.conf file but I *still* can't ping or otherwise reach the boxes on the network. (this isn't that critical anymore because since I can smbclient into the M$ shares nobody need know or care). 

On a related note. The problem I was having with the install was either KDE or haredware related. They gave me another box so I could test against and the install went text book perfect. The only thing I could think of that I did differently was I didn't install KDE this time. I don't *really* think it was KDE but it doesn't seem to make since to me that 7.1 would have worked (and it did fine) but 7.2 would not have if it was a hardware issue. btw I'm pretty sure I had KDE installed on the 7.1 install as well. Anyway I don't really use KDE (I just figured I had so much space and it wasn't like it was *my* box......) so I swapped computers and I'm up and running with RH 7.2 they got me Star Office 6.0 (I have to install it from the Mandrake site). And were going to by me the evolution connetor but it only works with a Win2K exchange server and they are still running 5.5 here.  

Thanks everyone for all your help. Now I'm going to work on convincing them that Linux is the best platform to develop from. 

Carl Parrish

> 
> From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
> Date: 2002/05/02 Thu PM 04:34:11 EDT
> To: Plug-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: RE: Re: Name resolution in a Windows environment
> 
> Am 02. May, 2002 schwätzte Carl Parrish so:
> 
> > Okay now after getting some sleep I'm thinking perhaps I'm not
> > connecting to their proxy server correctly (I know this could effect my
> > browser but would it effect my networking? ping etc...?). What should I
> > look at to see if my proxy settings are correct. Bringing up netconfig
> > didn't have a proxy option so I'd rather look at the config files.
> 
> Proxy should only be http, ftp and a couple of other things. I presume the
> proxy is for getting to the Net, so shouldn't affect internal traffic. Also,
> you said pings to the IPs work, so it's not the proxy getting in the way for
> the networking.
> 
> Do you need to go through the proxy for DNS?
> 
> Finally, if the m$ machines are hitting each other using WINS stuff and none
> of that info is in DNS, then you can't get it unless theres a WINS -> DNS
> translator that can be used inline. Was someone yesterday saying you can get
> Samba to do that?
> 
> ping and all the most other *NIX tools use IP not netbios, so they're not
> going to know about WINS. If the names aren't in DNS, then the *NIX utils
> aside from Samba and friends aren't gonna be able to use the names.
> 
> They're gonna have to move to DNS rather than WINS anyway. m$ is phasing out
> WINS.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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