Help to configure FreeBSD as server

[Bjorn Eikeland]

I think you can solve this by adding the DNS suffix to the search list
in /etc/resolv.conf, eg:
nameserver x.x.x.x
search domain.tld

This will make your box try adding domain.tld to the host you're trying
to lookup. (If you use subdomains you can add them too)

(Or use DHCP to pass the DNS suffix on to the clients)

hth
>
> I configure my home FreeBSD OS as server. I run FreeBSD under
> WinXP with VMWare Workstation 4.
> On my work, Web Programmers company, FreeSD is configured so
> (DNS under FreeBSD is configured for zone "office.net" with hosts host1 
> & host2),
> that from WinXP I can ping host1 and host2 without domain name:
>
> windows xp console:
> ping host1 -> ok
> ping host2 -> ok
> ping host1.office.net -> ok
> ping host2.office.net -> ok
>
> XP PC is user of workgroup, DNS-suffix is empty. Only DNS in
> LAN settings is entered. That's all.
>
> I have configured my home DNS under FreeBSD with office template. I have 
> entered DNS,
> but at home I can ping only full host names (with domains):
>
> windows xp console:
> ping host1 -> no reply
> ping host2 -> no reply
> ping host1.office.net -> ok
> ping host2.office.net -> ok
>
> Why? I can't understand. I try to solve this problem 5 days, but
> nothing helps me.
> When I entered DNS suffix: office.net -> OK. But in my office that works
> without DNS-suffix.
>
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