forward lookup zone problem

[Barry Margolin]

In article <d89rgi$a0d$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "michael" <michael at nospam.com> 
wrote:

> I am having problems resolving short host names from windows xp clients. 
>   It works from the server (freebsd 5.4/bind 9.3.1).
> I get *** ns1.home.box can't find x10: Non-existent domain from the 
> workstations.  Can anyone see any problems with my db.home.box file 
> (Below).  This is my first attempt at learning bind and have been on 
> google for a couple of hours now.  I appreciate any pointers.  Thanks

Sounds like you don't have a default domain suffix configured on your XP 
clients.  Go into the Local Area Network Connection properties, and add 
the domain suffixes to append in the DNS tab.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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