RE: DNS on iSeries issue

After tweaking the DNS server don't forget to flush your PCs cache with:
?ipconfig /flushdns?

JK


>> What do you mean by "could not get to
>> www.creativelyspeaking.com"?  Just trying to see how your i5
>> plays in this picture.  For example, if you were trying to
>> browse their web site from your PC then your i5 does nothing
>> UNLESS, you put in the IP address of your i5 into "Use the
>> following DNS server addresses".  Then you're toast UNLESS
>> you configured your i5 to be a DNS server.
>
> The i5 is a DNS server.
>
>> 2-Try pinging www.creativelyspeaking.com from your i5.
>
> I did and I got there!  Got the same exact response you got, which is
> good.
> If I ping from my PC, it says "unknown host"
>
> There must be something I do not understand.  The i5 is a DNS server and
> DHCP server.  I was under the assumption that if I set the PC's on our
> local
> LAN to "Obtain DNS server address automatically" and "Obtain an IP address
> automatically" that I would get an IP address from the i5 (DHCP) and would
> use (for DNS) whatever the i5 had set up as DNS servers.  Apparently
> that's
> not the case.  So what is my PC using as a DNS server?  Does that mean
> there
> is some PC acting as a DNS server in our office?