dns issue linux/aix/win xp

[progressdll]

Hi,

We use linux as a DNS server for our local network. ( linuxnol.nollekens.be )
We can ping this machine on all our XP clients like this:
C:\>ping linuxnol

Until yesterday it was on our XP clients enough to type "ping ibm250" ( our 2de unix server, an AIX ).
But after a shutdown of this 2de server, we can not use "ping ibm250" anymore
we need to type "ping ibm250.nollekens.be"

Why don't we need to type this for the linuxnol?
And why can't we type ping ibm250 anymore and do we have to add the domain 'nollekens.be'?

Now we had to add on every XP client that it should add 'nollekens.be' to every dns lookup request. This was not needed before

Joeri

 

[anshudad]

This looks like a DNS issue. check /etc/netsvc.conf and /etc/resolv.conf file on the RS/6000. You should have the dns server listed on /etc/resolv.conf and in /etc/netsvc.conf you need hosts=bind,local or hosts=local,bind.

 

[Morsing]

It sounds like you had a DNS server on ibm250 that didn't come up.

But we need some more information on your DNS setup. Do you have DNS server and where?? Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified 4.3 Systems Administration