* Gary Turner (kk5st@swbell.net) [020225 18:25]: > For whatever reason, I just can't wrap my mind around this for my setup. > > What I have is: > > Netgear gateway/router/firewall which also handles chat with ISP to > maintain connection negotiate dynamic IP (bessie) > > Workstations are etta, aretha, hattie (win), and koko (lin). > > The workgroup is blues. > > My ISP/mail username is kk5st > > My news server username is kk5st@swbell.net > > I do not have a registered domain name, nor static IP. So how are the > FQDN's constructed? I assume that you are using private addresses for your LAN, and that your netgear router is doing some NAT to share the line with all of your workstations. This means that each machine doesn't have a "real" routable Internet address, and the discussion of FQDNs is, well, moot. Probably the best idea is to set up an internal-use-only name like .blues to use as your domain name, so your machines would be named etta.blues, aretha.blues, etc. Then it probably makes most sense to have your domain search path include blues and swbell.net . That goes in /etc/resolv.conf in your linux boxes and in some dialog box in the IP settings on the windows boxes. Unless you run a nameserver in your LAN, you probably want to add entries to all of your hosts files. This is in /etc/hosts on your linux boxes, or c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on NT or 2k boxes. Sorry for rambling; if you need a more specific answer about any of those things I mentioned, just ask. good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume/ -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire, 1906
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