RE: Ethernet & Token ring w/CA

Hi, Lurton:

On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Lurton Keel wrote:

> Our LAN/WAN uses DNS and DHCP from NT servers.  None of the PC's in the
> office have a *host*.* file.  The AS/400's are all found from the DNS.  The
> AS/400's have host tables but that is to associate as400a1.appn.sna.ibm.com
> type names with an address.  From anywhere on the network, I can ping
> as400a1 and get a hit.  I can also ping as400a1.serx.com and get a hit but I
> can't ping as400a1.appn.sna.ibm.com except from an AS/400 that has this name
> in the host table.

That would all be true, unless your DNS provides that translation (which
any DNS can do).  Note that appn.sna.ibm.com would be an internal-only
domain name.

Also, if you're only using the appn.sna.ibm.com address for e-mail
translation:
  1) why not use your company address instead?
  2) your sendmail configuration can translate that into
     as400a1.your.domain.name

HTH
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Dennis Lovelady                    Fayetteville, GA
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