HATHAWA@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com (Barry Hathaway) (02/08/91)
In article <1991Jan31.123044.1348@urz.unibas.ch>, doelz@urz.unibas.ch says: > >Problem: DS5000/200, Ultrix 4.1, BIND cache-only nameserver. > >The telnet call to any node not on the local backbone appends >the domain name to the NS query. e.g., > ># telnet gatekeeper.dec.com .......... > dns.questions: > name gatekeeper.dec.com.unibas.ch To prevent telnet from appending your local domain place a dot at the end of the hostname. That is: telnet gatekeeper.dec.com.