From: Doug Vandevire 
Subject: Re: DNS without the DOMAIN.COM part
Date: 1998/12/24
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Your solution to this would be creating CNAMES for each of your local hosts in
your DNS files.

        i.e.           ahost        IN CNAME    ahost.company.com

We use this method in our organization.

Doug Vandevrie
dvandevrie@linkd.net


SuPeRjOe wrote:

> What was the question?
>
> By nature, if you use DNS to resolve your host names then you would have to
> type in the entire Host Name (i.e. ahost.company.net)
>
> I'm sure that there are programs that can make it do what you want, but Idon'y
> see much utility in it.
>
> ofF To Save tHe DaY,
> ...SuPeR JoE
> In article , sduffy@metroinc.com says...
> >
> >I am studing the new NetWare 5 update material and was working on the
> >DNS part when I tried to ping into my own domain.  Pinging out to the
> >internet was just what I expected (it worked fine), but when I ping
> >local names, I must include the domain part as well.
> >
> >For example:
> >I want to ping ahost.company.com
> >Normally, if I was in company.com, I would ping just ahost.
> >
> >But in order for it to work on my NetWare machine, I have to ping
> >ahost.company.com
> >
> >By the way, I am using the DHCP services as well and have added the
> >domain name services to DHCP to send to my clients.
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >--
> >Shawn Duffy
> >send replies to: sduffy@metroinc.com
> >