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From: Michael Carmody sanfranmike@wor...
Subject: [9fans] Nameserver Question
Date: 5 Nov 1998 02:58:36 GMT

James A. Robinson wrote:

> > to locate a URL that isn't a file on my local machine  I get the error:
> > cs: can't translate address.
>
> Can you run ndb/dnsquery?
>

No, this command doesn't seem to exist on the pc distribution..

>         term% ndb/dnsquery
>         > aubrey.stanford.edu
>         aubrey.stanford.edu ip  36.48.0.102
>
> Your gateway is set up with the entry for the network:
>         #
>         # Networks
>         #
>         ipnet=myrandomlocalnetname ip=36.48.0.0 ipmask=255.255.0.0
>                 ipgw=36.48.0.1
>                 fs=myfileservername.domain.org
>                 auth=mycpuservername
>
> > I have the ip addresses of the nameservers, but not what they are called
>
> You can find out the name by using nslookup from your linux box:
>         #maturin:~
>         ; nslookup 171.64.7.55
>         Server:  ns.mediacity.com
>         Address:  205.216.172.10
>
>         Name:    caribou.Stanford.EDU
>         Address:  171.64.7.55

  I used nslookup from my linux box and got the names of the servers like you
suggested. I put them in my /lib/ndb/local file but still get the error
"can't translate address". I'll include my /lib/ndb/local file this time in
case there is any obvious error.

#
#  external internet domain service
#
dom=
        ns=ns1.worldnet.att.net
        ns=ns3.worldnet.att.net

dom=ns1.worldnet.att.net ip=204.127.129.1
dom=ns3.worldnet.att.net ip=204.127.160.1

#
#  your PC (edit to suit)
#
sys = carrera
        dom=carrera.plan9.org
        ip=165.238.0.36 ether=0020afec18ca ipmask=255.255.255.0
        ipgw=165.238.0.33
        bootfile=/386/9pcdisk
        proto=il

There isn't a section titled network like in your example but there is this
in the ndb file supplied with the PC distribution which I haven't changed.:

#
#  your ip networks and subnets (edit to suit)
#
ipnet=mh-astro-net ip=135.104.0.0 ipmask=255.255.255.0
        ipgw=135.104.9.1
        fs=bootes.research.att.com
        auth=1127auth
ipnet=third-floor ip=135.104.51.0
        ipgw=135.104.51.1
ipnet=fourth-floor ip=135.104.52.0
        ipgw=135.104.52.1


Anything under this point was unchanged from the origimal file on the pc
distribution.
There is a lot of stuff that looks like all Bell labs internal stuff. Is
there anything obvious missing?

Thanks,
Mike