Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) Home | Calendar | Mail Lists | List Archives | Desktop SIG | Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings
Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Blog | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

A new DNS puzzle



On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 08:16:18PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> As I said earlier, I've seen exactly this behavior with W2k clients
> before, where the DNS and DHCP servers were all running Linux.  I'm
> reasonably certain this is a client-side bug, and not related to the
> DNS running on W2k servers in the slightest.  As for why it only
> affects clients trying to get to Linux boxes, I believe this is
> because those machines do not participate in an NT/2K domain, and have
> no WINS information to fall back upon.  Have no factual data to back
> that up, but it seems logical...

It's the most sensible explanation to date, and fits what I'm seeing.

Nathan




BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org