dchen@oliveb.UUCP (Dennis T. Chen) (07/08/87)
I was told that I should upgrade to the new version of BIND (Berkeley
Internet Name Domain) and some network patches, while I having problem
with the PCs(running PC/TCP from Unipress) connect to 4.3bsd vax Unix
machines via Ethernet. Name server is running on the vax 4.3bsd unix.
The problem I encountered was the remote name server didn't response
CONSISTENTLY, for example, from IBM PC, I said
rlogin olivea #it immediately connect to the host, olivea
After I logout from olivea, and try "rlogin olivea" again, it said
"can't resolve hostname, olivea, name server not responding"
Then wait for a few seconds, and try "rlogin olivea" again, and the
name server finally responded.
This randomly happened on the other 4.3bsd machines too. Sometime
a couple consecutive "rlogin hostname" works, and the next time failed.
This seems to me that the remote name server doesn't COMPLETELY
close the connection.
If this problem is the BIND and/or TCP/IP related, would someone point
me where I can get the patches ? I was told the lastest version of BIND
is version 7, is it true ?
Dennis Chen @ Olivetti ATC
{allegra, fortune, glacier, hplabs, idi, ihnp4, sun}!oliveb!dchenkjd@rust.UUCP (07/08/87)
In article <1868@oliveb.UUCP> you write: > >This randomly happened on the other 4.3bsd machines too. Sometime >a couple consecutive "rlogin hostname" works, and the next time failed. > >This seems to me that the remote name server doesn't COMPLETELY >close the connection. > Yes, there were a number of bugs fixed in the current version of BIND (4.5) which relate to this problem. >If this problem is the BIND and/or TCP/IP related, would someone point >me where I can get the patches ? I was told the lastest version of BIND >is version 7, is it true ? > The currently distributed version of BIND is 4.5, version 4.7 is going into bata testing soon. V4.6 had bigger problems then it fixed, so it was not released to the general public. If you are on the DARPA net, BIND can be anonymous FTP'd from ucbarpa.Berkeley.edu, it's in pub/bind.tar or a compressed version in pub/bind.tar.Z There is also a copy sitting on ucbvax:~uucp/bind.tar and bind.tar.Z which can be uucp'ed The distribution is too large to send thru electronic mail. -Kevin Dunlap