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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Diving into TCP/IP again... need help finding docco...
Message-ID: <COGBBWG@xds13.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Tue, 21 May 91 13:55:20 GMT

Hi folks. I'm diving into the TCP/IP part of our network again. This time
I want to set up a single nameserver machine, so we don't have to edit
everyone's hosts.txt file for every new machine. Where do I look to find
out how this is done? I want to use a System V/386 machine with intel's
TCP/IP product as the nameserver if possible, but we will have a bunch of
machines on it... including some Unisys 1100s that only support the basic
DDN suite. Any hope of getting them to use a nameserver?

Also, I'd like to use this as an opportunity to renumber our net. We
originally set up as a class C network, but since we're unlikely to ever
hook up straight to the real Internet is there any reason not to simplify
things by using a class A network number?

"Consult your local GURU", you say? Sorry, as far as this goes I'm as much
of a GURU as anyone at this site. Pitiful, isn't it?

To minimize bandwidth, please mail responses.
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"
