DNS problem with Mac OS X 10.6 and later

[Sten Carlsen]

I see the same picture as Simon. No change at all when switching from
10.5 to 10.6 or even older. I had this setup for many years now. No
problems here.

Could there be any minor difference, like a spelling error? somewhere.

On 10/12/10 20:38, Simon Hobson wrote:
> I've just tried this on my laptop (10.6) and another machine running 10.5
>
> 10.6, I got :
>
> simons-macbookpro:~ simon$ hostname
> simons-macbookpro.thehobsons.co.uk
> simons-macbookpro:~ simon$ host simons-macbookpro
> Host simons-macbookpro not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> simons-macbookpro:~ simon$ host simons-macbookpro.thehobsons.co.uk
> simons-macbookpro.thehobsons.co.uk has address 192.168.0.202
>
>
> Resolve.conf contains :
> domain thehobsons.co.uk
> search local
> nameserver 192.168.0.33
>
> because I've put "local" in the search domains box of network setup
> which is supposed to deal with the fact that Microsoft seems to
> instruct admins to use ".local" for a non-routable domain even though
> .local is reserved for Zeroconf.
>
> Taking out the local I then get :
> simons-macbookpro:~ simon$ host simons-macbookpro
> simons-macbookpro.thehobsons.co.uk has address 192.168.0.202
> simons-macbookpro:~ simon$ ping simons-macbookpro
> PING simons-macbookpro.thehobsons.co.uk (192.168.0.202): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 192.168.0.202: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.128 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.0.202: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.097 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.0.202: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.093 ms
>

-- 
Best regards

Sten Carlsen

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       "MALE BOVINE MANURE!!!" 

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