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126 people viewed this, but no one replied. Maybe it was too out there. I dunno. At any rate, here’s the solution:

Setup: OS X server with 2 NICs: 1 built-in (WAN) and 1 PCI (LAN).

1) Used Ubuntu with this tutorial. Created a Zone for my domain AND the public IPs that my server thinks it’s connected too.

2) Plugged an ethernet cord into the built-in NIC from Ubuntu per usual. And, here’s the kicker! Samba would NOT start unless I had something plugged into the OTHER NIC for the LAN side! And it, of course, had to be plugeed into like a switch or hub just for activity. Problem is, I hadn’t plugged in the LAN one because nothing was working! I didn’t think to set up the WHOLE lab just to get OS X to boot properly. yikes!

Anyway, after those two things, it seems like my server is “alive” now.

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no replies? 😐 can I clarify something that might be confusing? I need to build a functioning test environment, but 1) without proper DNS, OS X punts, 2) what is a good source for “proper DNS” for a test environment for me – i.e. NOT connected to the LAN or a real WAN?

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