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Subject: Re: Setting Up DNS lookup
From: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:05:23 -0600
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What kind of server? iSeries? You need to put DNS server addresses in option 12 of GO CFGTCP

Go to Start->Run on your pc - type ipconfig /all and see what the DNS servers are there - then put those into option 12

HTH
Vern

Mike Wills wrote:

Okay, the server I have been working on can now ping out to the internet.
Now, how do I make it do DNS lookups?

===> ping 'google.com'

F3=Exit F4=Prompt F9=Retrieve F12=Cancel

F13=Information Assistant F16=System main menu

Unknown host, google.com.

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