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Jimbo: Reverted edits by 173.88.199.104 (talk) to last revision by Jimbo

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Reverted edits by 173.88.199.104 (talk) to last revision by Jimbo

173.88.199.104 at 01:29, 10 August 2012

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Jimbo at 16:09, 21 January 2006

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Jimbo at 16:07, 21 January 2006

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195.5.32.230 at 07:44, 21 January 2006

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Dave at 15:19, 15 March 2005

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Jimbo at 20:52, 5 December 2004

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Dave at 18:47, 5 December 2004

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Dave at 18:47, 5 December 2004

2004-12-05T18:47:01Z

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This file defines your search domains and your DNS servers. You probably don't want more than 4 to 6 search domains and you '''cannot''' have more than three DNS servers listed. The format is:

domain freebsdwiki.net
nameserver 169.254.1.1
nameserver 172.16.1.1

[Category:Important_Config_Files]

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-When you boot your system it tries to use your ISP's DHCP server to obtain it's public routable IP address from your ISP, in addition the ISP will give you it's DSN domain name and nameserver IP address which automaticaly replaces the contents in the /etc/resolv.conf file. In most cases you never change what your ISP gives you.<br>
+Located at /etc/resolv.conf, this file defines your search domains and your DNS servers. You probably don't want more than 4 to 6 search domains and you '''cannot''' have more than three DNS servers listed. The format is:
-<br>The following is for advaniced users with large local area networks.<br>
-−
- The format is:
   domain freebsdwiki.net

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−	~~Located at~~ /etc/resolv.conf~~, this~~ file ~~defines your search domains and your DNS servers~~. ~~You probably don't want more than 4 to 6 search domains and~~ you ~~'''cannot''' have more than three DNS servers listed~~. The format is:	+	When you boot your system it tries to use your ISP's DHCP server to obtain it's public routable IP address from your ISP, in addition the ISP will give you it's DSN domain name and nameserver IP address which automaticaly replaces the contents in the /etc/resolv.conf file. In most cases you never change what your ISP gives you.<br>
		+	<br>The following is for advaniced users with large local area networks.<br>
		+
		+	The format is:

	domain freebsdwiki.net		domain freebsdwiki.net

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    search freebsdwiki.net somethingelse.com anotherdomain.org
-Be careful with this, you really don't want to have every attempt at a DNS resolution take 15 seconds or more to time out because you have to contact tons of different nameservers due to your "search" string.
+In plain english, that line means that if you try to '''ping webserver''' from the shell, your machine will try to resolve '''webserver.freebsdwiki.net''', '''webserver.somethingelse.com''', and '''webserver.anotherdomain.org''' before giving up.
 [[Category:Important_Config_Files]][[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]

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   nameserver 172.16.1.1
-To search throught multiple domains use:
+To attempt to resolve incompletely qualified hostnames using more than one domain name if necessary, use:
-   search freebsdwiki.net another.domain.here
 [[Category:Important_Config_Files]][[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]

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	nameserver 172.16.1.1		nameserver 172.16.1.1

−	[[Category:Important_Config_Files]]	+	[[Category:Important_Config_Files]][[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:52, 5 December 2004
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−	~~This~~ file defines your search domains and your DNS servers. You probably don't want more than 4 to 6 search domains and you '''cannot''' have more than three DNS servers listed. The format is:	+	Located at /etc/resolv.conf, this file defines your search domains and your DNS servers. You probably don't want more than 4 to 6 search domains and you '''cannot''' have more than three DNS servers listed. The format is:

	domain freebsdwiki.net		domain freebsdwiki.net

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:47, 5 December 2004
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	nameserver 172.16.1.1		nameserver 172.16.1.1

−	[Category:Important_Config_Files]	+	[[Category:Important_Config_Files]]