"Tom Emerson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
>
> Are you actually running BIND on the 3000?

No.  I was under the impression I didn't have to to use sendmail for sending
emails out.

> This implies that the DNS server isn't configured or running on the
3000 --
> if you set "some other client" (i.e., a PC on your internal network) to
use
> the HP3000 as the DNS server, can it connect and does it correctly resolve
> names [both internal and external -- you may have to disable your "hosts"
> file on the client to make sure...]

I can ping my ISP from my pc.  I can ping my HP from my pc only by IP
address.  Not by its DNS name.  Using ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx does not show
any hostname.  I thought that if there are active lines in RESLVCNF.NET.SYS
that HOSTS.NET.SYS is not used.

> If your DNS services are handled externally [at your ISP, for example],
have
> they received the correct "A" record information?

So maybe Verizon needs to know about hp3000.cfsinc.com, my HP3000?  I
wondered about this.  I was thinking that the entries inside
RESLVCND.NET.SYS were "A" entries.  Here is where my network knowledge is
very lacking.  Or does this file need some of the static IPs my ISP gave me
to configure my DSL router?

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