Re: Is DNS running on their 400?

no matter, you can run the nslookup from a windows machine, the dig from a
linux box (possibly a unix box) and the host from unix or linux....

they query dns servers, so if the dns is running on the 400, they should
respond.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"I want to be different, just like everybody else!"
  - Ceili Rain

----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@dekko.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: Is DNS running on their 400?


>
> They are running the old V4R5 code.  They don't have the commands we have
> on V5R1; commands missing include:  traceroute, chgdnsa, nslookup
>
> Rob Berendt
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> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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>                     11/13/2001 02:19 PM
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> how 'bout nslookup <name> <dns> where dns is their machine and name is
> something they might have there..
>
> or dig against the dns
> or host -a <dns>
>
> got a linux box lying around?  ;-)
>
>
>
> ===========================================================
> R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>
> "I want to be different, just like everybody else!"
>   - Ceili Rain
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rob@dekko.com>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:27 PM
> Subject: Is DNS running on their 400?
>
>
> >
> > Situation:  Remote customer 400 of which we have access.  Stopped
sending
> > us data and email.  All strictly TCPIP over the Internet.  We can access
> > them using telnet, by their name.  However, from their command line we
> > cannot ping any outside locations, like nra.org.  Message is unknown
> host.
> > I noticed that their address for their DNS under CFGTCP-12 is the same
as
> > their interface under CFGTCP-1.  I question as to whether or not they
are
> > really running DNS on their 400 or if someone's been messing.  They are
> > running V4R5.  I am trying to set up to talk to them before I make the
> > call.  I can't access their system remotely using Op's Nav.  Is there a
> > green screen way of seeing if DNS is configured to run on their 400,
like
> > perhaps netstat, wrkactjob, or whatever?
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> >
> > ==================
> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > Benjamin Franklin
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