On 9 Sep 98, at 11:42, Brett Lorenzen wrote:
> > Well my DNS DB will contain from 4 to 10 machines...
> yeah, that's not much busy work at all. I would have to ask, why
> bother? Don't you have someone upstream that can do this for you and
> just assign you IP numbers?
NO, I'm just playing with my 2 machines LAN to achieve some
knowledge on NT systems and TCP/IP standards...
I was planning to play with DHCP... but one thing at time
> > Have you heard about BIND? Can you tell me what are the free
> > apps you've found?
> Yes. Problem with BIND is that it was developed for UNIX, which means
> NT has a half-assed implementation.
> Free apps are from MS--their DNS packages and demos came with the NT
> server package we bought--will ask tech guys to dig those files out
> again when i see them.
Could you be more precise... I've got a lot of MS Resource
Kit/Service Packs etc... and I can just ask to some MS people I
know, to give me what I need but since they are marketing
managers I hvae to know what to ask.
> > > In the ended we paid the bucks for MetaIP from Checkpoint (who also make
> > TOO HUGE i really want a small thing...
> Well, DNS is either on or off. How many domains you run is kind of
> irrelevant after that.
I don't want to spend any $$ just to call my 2 machines by name
and do some experience :-)
> > Do you know if I'll use LMHOST will resolve some of my problems?
> Nope.
> > Do you know how I can run the WINS service?
> Yeah--MS tech support site has docs on this. This is, though, the core
> of what we found to be the source of the DNS problems we had.
WINS should help to "translate" NetBios Names into TCP/IP
names... but I havn'e understood if I need a server or this stuff is
included in some way in NT???
> > Do you know how they work?
> In theory, yes. In application within an MS system, no. That's why I
> hang around with tech guys ;)
> Check the "management press" sites for WINS info with searches
> (mecklermedia.com, internet.com, etc.) There are numerous articles on
> the pros and cons and problems of NT DNS in them that can explain a hell
> of a lot more about it than I can. As I noted: once I confirmed the
Sorry I havent understood where to look at.
Are you talking about support.microsoft.com??
Or should I go to mecklermedia.com and search "WINS"?
> fact that the process didn't work well out of the box (as MS said it
> should), and practice confirmed what the trade press had said, I had
> someone throw money at it :P (well, actually it was more like "throw
> money at this or I buy another Linux box and do it that way" ;) ).
OK but you're talking about a large network, budget, a company
etc.. I'm talking about a good place o experiment with these things
(I mean NT, I know a Linux box will be faster and solve my
problems in a moment)
Thank you very much... I'll wait for further info on NT packages ;-
etc... ;-)
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