RE: Internal domain change

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, Scott, I really did think it was because they were in the host table on
the DNS server.

As I said to Rob, I don't know why DNS is so confusing to me, it just is.

I now want to figure out why I put these in the host table to begin with.

--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:51 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Internal domain change
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> > I have the following 4 names in the i's host table to refer to the i
(the i
> > is the DNS server):
> >
> > 192.168.0.1    DILGARD
> >                I5.DILGARDFOODS.COM
> >                DILGARDFOODS.COM
> >                MAIL.DILGARDFOODS.COM
>
> Names in a host table are only used by programs running on the same
> computer.  So if you put a name in your IBM i host table, they're only
> available to programs running on that i.
>
> This is the difference between a host table and a DNS server.  Stuff put
> in the DNS server is available to all computers that query that DNS
> server.  Stuff in the host table is not.
>
> The reason I'm saying this:  You say that these host table entries are
> for Client Access, Outlook, and/or Thunderbird.   That does not make
> sense...  those programs are PC programs, they can't possibly be
> querying your IBM i host table.   They could be in the PC's host table,
> of course... but not your IBM i's host table.
>
> But perhaps you meant they're in your DNS server rather than your host
> table?
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