Using Bind-9.2.1 on a WinXP Pro notebook

[Alessandro Oliveira]

what I'm trying to say is that I have already done that. but it works only
when the winxp detects a network cable.

thanks anyway,

Alessandro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver at thenap.com>
To: "'Alessandro Oliveira'" <alessandro.o at nunoferreira.com.br>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: RE: Using Bind-9.2.1 on a WinXP Pro notebook


> Uh go into the control panel > network and dial-up connections > local
area
> connection > properties > tcp/ip > tell it to use 127.0.0.1 for the dns
> server.
>
> -Drew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Oliveira [mailto:alessandro.o at nunoferreira.com.br]
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 3:40 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Using Bind-9.2.1 on a WinXP Pro notebook
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a notebook running win xp pro that I use for web development and
> presentations, I've been using apache-1.2.4, php-4.2.0 and mysql-3.23.49
for
> some time, and I needed a mail server and a dns server for a new project.
> Fortunatelly I've chosen Bind-9.2 and xmail-1.7.
>
> I've set up everything and the services worked as expected but only when
I'm
> connected to some kind of network, ethernet or dialup.
>
> When I'm connected I can ping, tracert the hosts configured on my local
> nameserver, and I can use the bind tools as well.
>
> When I'm not connected, I can only use the bind tools like dig, host and
> nslookup. I guess that this happens because these tools use another
resolver
> library and bypass the winxp ones.
>
> How can I set up the winxp to use the bind resolver library or force it to
> query the local nameserver ?
>
> Thanks for any comments,
>
> Alessandro
>
>
>