On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, Eric F Crist wrote: >Hey folks, > >We're trying to get reverse DNS resolution for a block of IPs >(private). We've had the 10.x network working great at the office >for quite some time now, but I'm having a problem getting the >172.30.x network to work. > >Typing 'host <ip>' returns a valid result, however output from who, >as well as other network services (IRC, apache) only see the IP. Is >there something I'm missing?
You will have to set up local DNS configuration for private addresses, including the appropriate in-addr.arpa. PTR records. The exact file format depends on what DNS software you're using, bind, djbdns, etc. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others. -- Ray Simard _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"