Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:12:42 -0500 From: "Charlie Schloemer" <charlie@infoworks.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Martin Von_Schantz" <ikaros_net@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: more problems with telnet login Message-ID: <200010021511.KAA21342@smtp.intop.net> In-Reply-To: <LAW-F138kKg2EOnb8Ut00007ab7@hotmail.com>
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On 1 Oct 00, at 16:42, Martin Von_Schantz wrote: > Hi again, I did as you guys recommended and put a line in my /etc/hosts file > for my computer, and then the telnet login had no problem with logging in at > once. No delays of any kind. > > But I have tested my dns server and I cannot find any error in any part, the > reverse zone is working just fine so looking up the domainname for my > computer ip is no match (at least not if I look it up from the server). > But now I started to wonder, is it possible that the error lies in windows > 2000, trying to take overlap the dns or something like that. > I have found several interesting buttons in the "ip properties" such as > "register this connections addresses at dns server" and "netbios over > tcp/ip" that are checked by default. > When I try and resolve the name for my machine (from my machine to the dns > server) the netbios name pops up instead, not the dns name as I want. You're right to disable Microsoftisms, like "register this address with the DNS server" and any other freakish things you can find. When you're trying to resolve this name and get the NetBIOS name, are you using the FQDN? NetBIOS names should never be greater than 14 characters in length, I believe, and certainly wouldn't be dotted like a FQDN. Also, Windows should check its session cache for NetBIOS/DNS names, then LMHOSTS and HOSTS, and only then should it try to resolve via WINS/DNS. (Keep in mind that NetBIOS names will attempt to resolve via broadcasts in the absense of a WINS server.) You can check your NetBIOS session cache with: nbtstat -c If you want to purge it, use: nbtstat -R Also, check your LMHOSTS and HOSTS files for any entries you might not be aware of. I'm not sure about Win2K, but in Winnt 4.0, those files were in X:\Winnt\System32\Drivers\Etc, where X: is your %SystemRoot% drive. At any rate, no setting with Win2K should be affecting your FreeBSD box's ability to resolve names, as it isn't concerned with NetBIOS networking. Good luck, -charlie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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