RE: DNS on iSeries issue

> 
> The i5 is a DNS server.
> 
> 
> 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?

Could be a PC.  Most likely a router and/or firewall.

In addition, the DHCP server doesn't provide the DNS server specified for the 
system itself.  During the configuration of the DHCP server, you should have 
had and opportunity to specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers the DCHP 
server would pass to clients.


HTH,


Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121