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Posted by Rich Piehl on December 25, 2006, 9:25 am
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Robert Bonomi wrote:
>
>>I'm having the installation of new equipment thrust on me and some of
>>the stuff is on the fringe of my knowledge of computer networking. One
>>of the things it needs in the network setup are the primary and
>>secondary DNS server IP's and the SMTP server name or IP.
>>
>>When I go in to customers who are not computer literate and start asking
>>for such things I'm usually met with blank stares. Often these are
>>smaller companies who have no full or part-time IT departments. Usually
>>their network was put together by the friend of a friend who isn't
>>around to ask.
>>
>>I can generally find a static IP for my device by doing 'ipconfig' from
>>a C prompt to get and idea of their network range, and then pinging
>>around 'till I get no response (if they're using DHCP). But is there a
>>similar command that I can use to find the information I need for the
>>DNS and SMTP servers?
>
>
> The network range _is_ specified in the ipconfig output. If you don't know
> how to extract that from what ipconfig displays, you _shouldn't_ be doing
> this kind of work.A At least without more training. Demand that your
> employer send you to training, if he wants you to do this jobs
>
There's no need to talk down to me. I know what IPCONFIG does...and
doesn't give.
> That aside --
>
> DNS/SMTP information is always made available -- usually on-line, sometimes
> it takes a phone call -- by the provider of the Internet connectivity
> that the customer is using.
>
> The other way to find out: "look at a machine where it is working", and
> copy those settings.
>
> Note: if they're using DHCP, and it is properly set up, the DHCP server
> _should_ be providing the IP address to the client machine for the DNS
> server.
>
> Outgoing SMTP servers are _frequently_ something very close to
> "mail..com"
> Incoming mail servers are frequently something close to
> "pop..com"
>
> Many providers have a web-page for their customers, with all these
> configuration settings on them.
>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but unless I have the DNS server ID's putting
mail.[name].com won't do beans since my device has know what of finding
what IP address mail.[name].com goes to. And my device doesn't do DHCP
so it can't pull it from the DHCP server. So then I'm back to square
one - sort of trying to track down someone at the ISP who might be able
to help is there another way to determine the address of the DNS server
for the network?
Take care,
Rich
God bless the USA
--
Happy RamaHanaKwanzmas!
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