dns / bind question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <94acq4$5be at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Garrett  <midtowng at deja.com> wrote:
>
>Barry Margolin wrote:
>
>> In article <93vkr8$hvj at pub3.rc.vix.com>, noway  <noway at noway.com> wrote:
>> >On 15 Jan 2001 08:22:35 -0800, Barry Margolin <barmar at genuity.net>
>> >wrote:
>> >>Where are the PC's pointing to for their DNS resolution?  They should be
>> >>pointing to the same place as the /etc/resolv.conf file on
>> >>ns1.ny.inside.store.com.
>> >
>> >They point to the DNS server ns1.ny.inside.store.com, or is there
>> >something else I'm missing on your question?
>>
>> If they're both pointing to the same server, then I can't think of a good
>> reason why lookups are working differently.  The server should behave the
>> same no matter what it's being queried by.
>
>  Shouldn't all the PC's be aimed at the IP address of the DNS rather than
>at the name of the DNS?
>  Maybe I just misread this. If so, forget I said anything.

I assumed he meant that they point to the IP address of
ns1.ny.inside.store.com.  You configure the resolver of PC's using a GUI,
and I don't think it will let you enter anything but an IP address in
there.

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