From: SuPeRjOe@mAiLeXiTe.CoM (SuPeRjOe)
Subject: Re: DNS without the DOMAIN.COM part
Date: 1998/12/21
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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
>