Re: Change DNS servers on IBM i

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't trying to be snarky.  I do understand the need for internal DNS.

I just deal too often with customers who use host table entries or flakey
old DNS servers causing issues that I have to help diagnose.   Then they
don't understand why they can't communicate with cloud servers or why they
shouldn't use host table entries.

Yes, we have different roles and I was just expressing how a poor design on
one end makes it hard to make the jump to stable internet connections.

Bradley V. Stone
www.bvstools.com
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Brad, this may come as a surprise to you but we often have our IBM i's
> talk to Windows based servers and numerous other lpars of IBM i.  We have
> a few hundred PC's, 15 lpars of IBM i, and numerous other IBM i based
> addresses for things like Domino and web.  So, no, we are not going to
> store all those on an external DNS maintained at our IP hosting company.
> Maybe it's different for you with one IBM i and one pc in your house.  But
> you are the exception.  Now our internal dns automatically goes out to
> external DNS for stuff outside our network.
>
> I really don't understand your snarky attitude.
>
> "(except for possible Intranet things)" is the rule, not the exception.