At 04:14 PM 9/10/98 +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
>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...
NT and Standards are two terms that don't really go well together.
>I was planning to play with DHCP... but one thing at time
DHCP is really only useful if you have alot of machines to deal with.
>> > 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???
There is a Wins Server in NT Server 4.0 . But, from what I have
seen, you only really need to use wins if you wish to do MS
Networking in a WAN (ie. people on in internet connection to
another network). However this is NOT a really secure way of doing things.
Wins may also help you if you have multiple segments (192.168.1
and 192.168.2).
>> > 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"?
you also might wanna get a Windows NT TCP/IP book to help you
understand things better.
>> 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... ;-)
Unfortunatly , you may have to wait quite a while.
Matt Soffen
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never mind."
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