This one has me stumped

[darkstar]

I posted this over in the DNS area, but I see Q&A might be a better spot.

I hava a nagging little DNS problem that is driving me nuts.

I’m running 10.3 server on a G5 behind a multi DMZ router/firewall using the router’s 192. address scheme. The server has multiple IP addresses and multiple domains, but right now just one is running unril I solve this.

I decided to start using the DNS server because I was tired of numbers. Initial config went great and all the machines on the network arrive at the server using the name,

The problem is with subdomains.

I can not get mail.example.com to work or any others. I’ve tried them as CNAMEs, I’ve tried A listings and darn near every combo, yet they just won’t resolve. I have reverse pointers, I’ve reordered the file and and read nearly everything on this site about DNS and elsewhere with no luck.

It’s probably really simple, but it has me stumped. Any tips on how to make this work

[iztech]

i assume you want this to work only internally. if not you have to set-up some type of port mapping.

you should post one of your dns files so we can see it clearly.

here’s the set up i use

ns1.domain.com. A x.x.x.x
ns2.domain.com. A x.x.x.x
domain.com. MX mail.domain.com.
mail.domain.com. A x.x.x.x

good luck.

[darkstar]

Thanks for the pointers. I’m not sure exactly what is different, but I used that example and presto, it works.

I ended up giving each domain its own ns entry with an individual IP address, too.

WHat about client computers?

Anybody have any thoughts on whether clients on the network should be configured beyond the localhost? So far it seems to work fine the way they are, but configuring them shouldn’t be too tough.

Now it’s on to set up open directory and an ldap server

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