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["Doctor Who" <whodoctor@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/7/08, Ken Schneider <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Doctor Who pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> > On 2/7/08, Doctor Who <whodoctor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
> > >
> >
> > Just to be clear...if I add the clients nameserver to
> > /etc/resolve.conf (the one generated by the pppd service) and make it
> > the first nameserver, I can resolve machines on their network by name
> > but I cannot resolve Internet addresses (google.com, excite.com, etc).
> >  If I put their nameserver last, I can resolve Internet addresses but
> > not their machines.
> >
> > What's up??!!  This is driving me crazy.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Do you have a search directive in your /etc/resolv.conf file for their
> domain or are you trying to resolve IP addresses using the FQDN?

FQDN in this case.  I have access to both networks at this point.  I
only have DNS provided by Sprint for Inet in my resolv.conf.  I can
resolve Inet domains by name but not those on the client's network.
The client network I can access by IP but not by name.

Adding the client's DNS server to my resolv.conf as the *first* entry
let's me resolve the client's machines by name but then I can no
longer resolve Internet addresses by name.  It doesn't continue to
check other DNS entries in resolv.conf to try to resolve something
like www.suse.com.  Commenting out the client network DNS entry or
moving it to the last of 3 entries again lets me resolve Internet
addresses but no longer let's me address client network machines by
name.
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