Some senseless babbling from Derek Steel to Mike Ruskai
on 01-12-98  22:49 about Win-OS/2 not seeing DNS...
 DS> Nude Greetings Mike,
 DS> 08 Jan 98 17:22, Mike Ruskai wrote to All:
 
 MR> My Win-OS/2 isn't seeing the DNS server, so can't resolve any
 MR> hostnames.
 
 MR> Anyone know what the problem could be?  Numeric IP's work fine.
 DS> There are two things to check for... in your autoexec.bat check for
 DS> the existance of the following files...
 DS> =====Begin: Autoexec.Bat======
 DS> SET ETC=c:\tcpip\dos\etc
 DS> =====END: Autoexec.Bat======
I knew there was something stupid I forgot about.  My TCP/IP is on a 
different drive than before, and I forgot to change this environment 
variable.
Thanks.
 DS> The second thing to check is that you have correctly put the dns
 DS> numbers particular when using the DIAL OTHER INTERNET PROVIDER DIALER
 DS> (doip).... 
 DS> This could explain why when using numeric values that you obtain a
 DS> connect. 
No dialing here.  LAN connection via cable modem.
I haven't checked, but I'm sure it's the ETC variable.
Mike Ruskai [Team OS/2]
thanny@home.com
... Existence is not only temporary, but also pointless.
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