[plug] Bind / Dhcp / Dynamic DNS

[Adam Davin]

Hi All, 

I have finally gotten around to setting up a bind / dhcp server with
dynamic updates for clients. 

It seems to be working very well, resolving local hostnames etc,
except... 

I can ping hostnames from the clients and it all resolves nicely:

pooh:/home/badger# ping scarfaceclaw
PING scarfaceclaw.bytemeit.local (192.168.0.149) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from scarfaceclaw.bytemeit.local (192.168.0.149): ...

However if I try to ping the fqdn, I get "unknown host".

pooh:/home/badger# ping scarfaceclaw.bytemeit.local
ping: unknown host scarfaceclaw.bytemeit.local

/etc/resolv.conf is as follows:

nameserver 192.168.0.149 
nameserver 192.168.0.199
search bytemeit.local

/var/cache/bind/db.192.168.0 excerpt

			NS	ns1.bytemeit.local.
			NS	ns2.bytemeit.local.
$ORIGIN 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
$TTL 300	; 5 minutes
11			PTR	pooh.bytemeit.local.
$TTL 86400	; 1 day
;149			PTR	ns1.bytemeit.local.

/var/cache/bind/db.bytemeit.local excerpt
			NS	ns1.bytemeit.local.
			NS	ns2.bytemeit.local.
$ORIGIN bytemeit.local.
ns1			A	192.168.0.149
ns2			A	192.168.0.199
scarfaceclaw		A	192.168.0.149
$TTL 300	; 5 minutes
pooh			A	192.168.0.11

Any other information or thoughts would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks and Regards, 

-- 

Adam Davin
Byteme IT Services
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Fax: 08 9493 4462
Email: byteme-its at westnet.com.au