CMUTEK IP and DNS

David E. Filip

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98

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Greetings,

I have an RTFM question, but don't have the manual, and haven't found
the help very helpful. Therefore, only reply if you are familiar with
CMUTEK configuration and don't mind RTFM questions please reply. If
you can tell me where I can find a FM, that would be appreciated as
well.

How do I configure CMUTEK to use my DNS? I have tried the following
in CMUTEK_ROOT:[SYSMGR]NAMRES.CONFIG:

DOMAIN_SERVER:colornet.com:perseus.colornet.com:206.252.138.146:42

where:

colornet.com is my domain
perseus.colornet.com is where my DNS lives
206.252.138.146 is the IP address of perseus
42 is the named port, from /etc/services

When I try to IPNCP ping anything other than perseus.colornet.com, which
it can now resolve (?!), I get the error:

IPNCP-E-DNSODS, Domain service: no domain servers could be contacted

What am I doing wrong?

I am using CMUTEK IP version 6.6-5A on VMS 5.5-2, on a uVAX 2000 that I've
'found' and will be using for testing some code.

Thanks,

Dave Filip
dfi...@colornet.com

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Henry W. Miller

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98

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> From: MX%"dfi...@colornet.com" "David E. Filip" 20-MAR-1998 10:17:16.34
> To: MX%"Info...@Mvb.Saic.Com"
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> Subj: CMUTEK IP and DNS
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On 20 Mar 1998 16:13:58 GMT, dfi...@colornet.com (David E. Filip) said:
dfi...@colornet.com (David E. Filip) writes:

David,

> Greetings,
>
> I have an RTFM question, but don't have the manual, and haven't found
> the help very helpful. Therefore, only reply if you are familiar with
> CMUTEK configuration and don't mind RTFM questions please reply. If
> you can tell me where I can find a FM, that would be appreciated as
> well.
>
> How do I configure CMUTEK to use my DNS? I have tried the following
> in CMUTEK_ROOT:[SYSMGR]NAMRES.CONFIG:
>
> DOMAIN_SERVER:colornet.com:perseus.colornet.com:206.252.138.146:42
>
> where:
>
> colornet.com is my domain
> perseus.colornet.com is where my DNS lives
> 206.252.138.146 is the IP address of perseus
> 42 is the named port, from /etc/services
>

42 is the port number of the nameserver protocol, which was
never really widely deployed in the Internet community. Use port 53,
domain or DNS as it should be listed in the services file. Assuming
that your server does indeed have DNS running, this should work for you.

Also, it's better if you specify 2 or 3 servers - sometimes
NAMRES gets confused if there is a substantial delay from one particular
server, or it gets a bad answer, and will declare that server "down" for
a time.

> When I try to IPNCP ping anything other than perseus.colornet.com, which
> it can now resolve (?!), I get the error:
>
> IPNCP-E-DNSODS, Domain service: no domain servers could be contacted
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I am using CMUTEK IP version 6.6-5A on VMS 5.5-2, on a uVAX 2000 that I've
> 'found' and will be using for testing some code.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Filip
> dfi...@colornet.com
>
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Doug Mallory

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Mar 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/24/98

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David E. Filip wrote in message <6eu4k6$oct$1...@maceo.dti.net>...

>Greetings,
>
>I have an RTFM question, but don't have the manual, and haven't found
>the help very helpful. Therefore, only reply if you are familiar with
>CMUTEK configuration and don't mind RTFM questions please reply. If
>you can tell me where I can find a FM, that would be appreciated as
>well.
>
>How do I configure CMUTEK to use my DNS? I have tried the following
>in CMUTEK_ROOT:[SYSMGR]NAMRES.CONFIG:
>
>DOMAIN_SERVER:colornet.com:perseus.colornet.com:206.252.138.146:42
>
>where:
>
> colornet.com is my domain
> perseus.colornet.com is where my DNS lives
> 206.252.138.146 is the IP address of perseus
> 42 is the named port, from /etc/services
>

>When I try to IPNCP ping anything other than perseus.colornet.com, which
>it can now resolve (?!), I get the error:
>
>IPNCP-E-DNSODS, Domain service: no domain servers could be contacted
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>I am using CMUTEK IP version 6.6-5A on VMS 5.5-2, on a uVAX 2000 that I've
>'found' and will be using for testing some code.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave Filip
>dfi...@colornet.com
>
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I just went though this myself..
Did you include a "Domain_suffix: Colornet.com" ?
This helps you use just the machine name instead of the full name.
also try adding the following to the namres.config file
Variable:TIMEOUT:5
Variable:REFMAX:10
Variable:Recurse:1
Variable:NS_RETRANS:2
I found this fixes your type of problem.

Good luck.