DNS Problem

[Barry Margolin]

In article <37CF4B78.30ADE0EF at fcmail.com>, lhang  <lhang at fcmail.com> wrote:
>my server name is "joy.a.b.c.d" , can't ping "joy", but can ping
>"joy.a.b.c.d" in win95. But in linux I can ping both "joy" and
>"joy.a.b.c.d".
>
>Can anyone tell me why???

You haven't configured your default domain to be a.b.c.d on the Win95 box.

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