nameserver problem I think?

[Simon Hobson]

Peter wrote:

>I have Mandrake 9.1 setup and working as an intranet server but when I am
>using my other system, windows to access the internet, I can't see my
>intranet using:
>www.pab.cxm
>or pab.cxm
>or http://pab.cxm
>
>I have to enter 192.168.0.10/.........html or php or whatever to see
>whatever I need of the intranet.
>
>Is this a problem in my configuration and what files would I need to
>change?

Rough guess :

Your windows machine is configured to go to the ISP nameservers for 
DNS resolution. pab.cxm is not a valid domain name, and so any 
lookups fail.

You need to configure your internal DNS server with zones for your 
intranet, and to forward all other queries (either forward them to 
your ISP servers, or just resolve them yourself). Then you need to 
configure all your clients with your internal DNS server as its DNS 
server.

Simon

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