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Re: DNS question

Check your PTR records in your DNS server. There are probably stale
records in there and the G5 has an IP of one of those stale records. Mac
relys on reverse lookups.

Jake

> Hello All
>
>
> Background info :
>
> We have a separate Student network with its own DNS & DHCP (Windows based)
> The Mac's are on a seperate VLAN on the student network.
>
> Directory Services set up for AppleTalk, LDAPv3 & Rendezvous (disabling
> all
> makes no difference)
>
> No OSX Server.
>
> My query is when I attach a newly acquired G5 1.8 to this student network
> it
> acquires a host from what I assume is the DNS.
>
> In the Terminal I get this: 149\032mac\03210:~ admin$
>
> When I do a "hostname" in the Terminal I get multiple hosts of the same
> format.
>
> I do recognize the hostnames as other Mac's on the network ?
>
> Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
>
>
>
> Phillip Wall
> Macintosh Specialist
> IT Services
> Box Hill Institute
> 9286 9647
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