Win98 Client Setup

[Roy Arends]

On 13 Feb 2001, BryanL123 wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I currently have a three-computer network set up.  THere are two boxes with RH
> Linux 7 and one with win95.  One of the linux machines is configured with bind
> as a DNS server.  It works correctly with nslookup and ping by name on the
> linux clients, but not the windows one.  I can't ping by name, which indicates
> it isn't connecting to the DNS server. In fact, the win machine doesn't even
> send information across the network.  I've been using tcpdump to monitor this,
> but the win machine doesn't send any packets.
>
> Now for the twist.  When ever I sign on to the internet on the windows machine,
> my DNS works fine.  I can do everything by name, instead of IP.  I think
> something must be wrong with my configuration settings.  Right now, I just go
> to the tcp/ip properties in windows and add the ip of the DNS server, the
> domain, and the hosts.  Is there something else I'm missing?
>
> I spoke with a network technician at school who told me that windows 95 can't
> recognize DNS servers from other platforms and that all names must be resolved
> manually in a file called \windows\hosts (win version of /etc/hosts).  However,
> many linux experts online have told me that the platforms are completely
> compatible since they both use TCP/IP.  Can anyone point me in the right
> direction.  Sorry for the long post.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bryan

Set the win95's gateway-ip (find it under tcp/ip properties), to itself.
That should do the trick.

Roy Arends

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