Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 08:10:09 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I did it!! Success! Yes!! Message-ID: <19980615081009.52376@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980614141638.007eb320@mx.serv.net>; from Tim Gerchmez on Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 02:16:38PM -0700 References: <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <19980614120205.14122@nothing-going-on.org> <3.0.5.32.19980614141638.007eb320@mx.serv.net>
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On Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 02:16:38PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote:
>
> As I've discovered today, it's not an easy task to run a named server,
> unless I'm going completely in the wrong direction with my hacking
> around... I can now ftp from Win95 to the IP address I gave the BSD box
> without problems, but can't give it a name (like bsd-box.local.net) and FTP
> to that. Apparently the BSD setup HAS to be registered with the InterNIC
> and connect to a name server somewhere on the Internet in order to run
> named. If not, someone direct me to some resources as to how to do it.
> I'm hopelessly confused with how to use BIND - is there another way to run
> named aside from BIND for people on an intranet and not connected to the
> general Internet at all? If anyone knows, Email me directly, please.
Well I decided to answer here because this is mostly about windoze so it
would not be well placed in freebsd-questions.
I had a FreeBSD machine and two NT machines (NT4 workstation, and NT3.50
on an alpha) networked for a while without using DNS but using hosts
files. In FreeBSD it's /etc/hosts and in win there's a file called either
host or hosts in the main directory (pathname is different on different
flavours). In each case there should be a file there already that shows
you what format to use to enter a line for each machine with notepad or
similar. After simply listing my machines in these and rebooting I could
use their short machine names to connect.
I guess this works the same for win95. Can anyone confirm?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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