Re: [aclug-L] Networks and mail servers (fwd)

[Ryan Claycamp <claycamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>ok a few things I noticed
>
>> # Our domain
>> domain          guernseyaviation.com
>> #
>> # Our nameserver is cad2
>> nameserver 192.168.168.5
>> nameserver 127.0.0.1
>> search cad2.guernseyaviation.com guernseyaviation.com
>
>is cad2 192.168.168.5? cause your using 192.168.168.5 and your local host
>as name servers.
>

Yes, cad2, the server, is 192.168.168.5 and I want to use it as a DNS
server.

>The search just means that if you just list a host without a Fully
>Qualified Domain name, it will try these domains
>
>ie with your setup.
>
>if you
>        ping myhost
>it will first try to ping myhost.cad2.guernseyaviation.com then if that
>doesn't work it will try myhost.guernseyaviation.com.
>
>I'm not sure how this works with /etc/hosts and such
>