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Date:      Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:31:25 -0400
From:      Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com>
To:        "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldj1066@fastmail.fm>
Cc:        software@schmittnet.com
Subject:   Re: Host name question
Message-ID:  <4176CB1D.2020606@vonostingroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <200410201245.08345.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm>
References:  <4176477D.2030207@schmittnet.com> <41768D59.8010405@netmaster.ru> <41768FD9.1060805@schmittnet.com> <200410201245.08345.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm>

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>>search albyny.adelphia.net
>>nameserver 192.168.0.1
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>
>You've got 192.168.0.1 listed as a nameserver. Can't be. That's the 
>ip address of your Netgear router, it acts as a DHCP server not as 
>a DNS server. What is albyny.adelphia.net? Is that your ISP? You 
>need to get one or more nameserver ip's from your ISP. That's what 
>goes in resolv.conf
>  
>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Bill
>>    
>>
>
>Don
>  
>
Most modern routers act a DNS servers these days, it is possible that 
the router is setup this way, and the router actually just forwards the 
dns requests to his ISP's nameservers.

Regards,
    Frank



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