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From:   F. Alfredo Rego
Sent:   Saturday, September 21, 1996 8:27 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
Subject:        DNS problems?
 
 
What?  Microsoft hasn't copied MacDNS yet?  I have used MacDNS without a
hitch for almost a year now.  It runs like a charm.  It has (as you would
expect from the Apple folks) a wonderfully simple GUI that CHECKS for
correct entries.  And, of course, you can edit the resulting file (if you
wish, and if you must).  This reminds me of the way Adager allows you to
automatically create JobStream files by running Adager in session mode with
parm=8.  The resulting JobStream file is just a standard ASCII file, so you
can edit it to your heart's content (if you wish, and if you must).
 
Alfredo, Alfredo, Alfredo...
 
You must take me to be a Microsoft weenie or something... <g>
 
Actually - I do not use Microsoft's DNS and I do use a GUI-based DNS
product.  It's newest release is GUI based, that is...
 
True, it does run on NT, but it ain't Microsoft...
(It IS - DNS 2.0 from MetaInfo, an NT implementation and port of bind,
with a much prettier face).
 
Joe
 
 
 
"Geiser, Joe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote, elsewhere:
>>Hey, I want to do that, too!  I've got an NT server: does it come with
>>DNS or do I need to buy something?  If the latter, what are you using?
>>
>
>Michael,
>
>Windows NT has DNS built in, but we don't use it.  A better product, DNS
>by Metainfo, can be found at http://www.metainfo.com.
>
>They have a 30-day free trial and licensing is a snap.
>
>After installing and getting it going (it can be a bear - for any DNS system),
 
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Not for MacDNS, folks :-)
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>then update RESLVCNF.NET.SYS with the name of the DNS servers.  There
>is an example in the file for you to follow.  Once this in place, it will
>point
>the 3000 to resolve host names on your NT server.
>
>(You may need to bring your net down and bring it up again)
 
Wow!  Really?
 
Not with MacDNS, for sure.  You don't even need to restart your Mac
whenever you reconfigure your MacDNS setup!
 
(Have I given away all my secrets now?  People ask me how I can program
Adager software; go around the world giving pep talks to HP3000 audiences
and HP managers; edit the SigIMAGE newsletter; manage Fred White; maintain
all of the Adager Internet-related hardware, software, and content; be with
my wife and kids all the time, take my 85-year-old mother around town, and
so on...  Well, you now know the easy answer:  I use HP3000s for my "real"
work -- Adager -- and I use a reliable network of Macintoshes for
everything else, including doing Mac-stuff with the kids, who are being
trained to take over...)
 
 
Time to go to dinner...
 
 
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