W2k Question

[Justin Bennett]

There is a hosts file, lmhosts is for lanmanager stuff, so you can find
other PCs on your network, in winnt/system32/drivers/etc there is a hosts
file, where you can put tcp/ip hosts.

like:
x.x.x.x node.domain.com


Thanks
Justin


John R. Ghidiu said:
> because of the way the linksys is built, i dont think that you can get
> away from the problem your friend is having (any internal computer, when
> pointed to the router at port 80 HAS to get the config, otherwise, you
> wouldnt be able to config the router). you should be able to just put an
> entry in lmhosts:
>
> 192.168.120.40	HOSTNAME
>
> lmhosts does not (AFAIK) use FQN (fully qualified name) for its hosts -
> it is more for hosts on the local network. i think that what your friend
> really wants is an internal DNS server. that would be an overkill,
> though.
>
> john
>
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Justin Bennett wrote:
>
>> As usual, I can use a little pointing in the right direction for a w2k
>> issue. My friend is running a netgear router on adelphia powerlink,
>> your not supposed to host anything on powerlink, with that said, he
>> wants to access port 80 on an internal linux box from outside. He has
>> the port redirected and he can hit it fine from the outside. When he
>> goes to connect from his w2k PC in his home network behind his router,
>> dns lookup for his ods.org hostname gives him his 24.x.x.x adelphia
>> address, and tries to connect to that, he winds up getting the login
>> on the router admin page. Not his port 80 on his linux box. He can't
>> seem to configure the router to allow this to pass through or turn off
>> the web admin. I have a linux firewall, not a router, I have it
>> allowing me to loop back in, so it works for me, he can't seem to get
>> it to work with his router. What I suggested is to setup a host entry
>> on the w2k client for his ODS.ORG hostname to his internal
>> 192.168.120.40 address. Finally my question, I'm looking at his
>> lmhosts file, how would I add an entry for: hostname.ods.org
>> 192.168.120.40
>>
>> or would I do it in a different file?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Justin
>>
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>> Justin Bennett
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>> Network Administrator
>> Dynabrade Inc.
>> 8989 Sheridan Dr
>> Clarence, NY 14031
>> 716-631-0100 ext 215
>>
>>
>>
>
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>
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Justin Bennett
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Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr
Clarence, NY 14031
716-631-0100 ext 215