Linux bind accessed from Windows problem

HomerSimpson · l33t Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 869 Location: Ohio, USA

I have a Gentoo box with bind 9 on my lan. It acts as the DNS for all other computers and devices on my lan. I have various A records that represent my hosts, router, switch, devices... In Moz Firebird on Linux I can simply type "router" and it will take me to the router. In Moz Firebird on Windows it takes me to www.linuxrouter.org. I double checked and my Windows comp is using my local DNS server as the DNS server.

for example I have netburner setup as an A record

steveb · Advocate Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 4564

what output do you get, when you execute "ipconfig /all" in windows?

cheers

SteveB

jsleeper · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject:

On your Windows machine(s), have you set the default domain (or search domain, dns suffix, or whatever they call it now) to the same name as the zone file for your local domain? That will cause your windows machine to append that to a non-fully qualified domain name (such as just putting in router) instead of going to the search sites because it can't find anything.
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HomerSimpson · l33t Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 869 Location: Ohio, USA

jsleeper, there was a domain suffix being applied and I removed it. It works now. At one point I had, for my last job, a VPN setup. It was in an advanced setup dialog and I didn't see it before. Thanks for the pointer. That is how I found it.

Sorry this turned out to be a Windows support question.

Thanks to all who responded.
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