DNS entry

While configuring networking I'm asked to enter the address for DNS.
I've looked everywhere and never found what this entry is about. I
think DNS mean domain name server and that there are servers on the
internet that handle domain requests but what does that have to do with
configuring a LAN? What goes in the DNS entry on a LAN?

Jim L

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The DNS must be on the LAN. It can be any machine on the LAN, but it is
usually the machine that is nominated as the 'server' or the primary LAN
machine. You can probably recognise it as the one that has to be fired up
before all the others. Contact your network administrator if you can't
identify it.
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Jeff Richards
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While configuring networking I'm asked to enter the address for DNS.
I've looked everywhere and never found what this entry is about. I
think DNS mean domain name server and that there are servers on the
internet that handle domain requests but what does that have to do with
configuring a LAN? What goes in the DNS entry on a LAN?

On 11/14/2004 at 12:52 PM, "Jeff Richards" said:

Contact your network administrator if you can't
identify it.

Unfortunately I'm the administrator, given that there are just two
computers and me in the whole house.

Maybe you can tell me something. I "cleaned house" again, removing
everything related to my pcmcia card (device manager), and started over.
Reboot brings installation, of course, and two copies of the TI
pcmcia.drv are installed - one on the pcmcia and one somewhere.

I deleted the one that showed nothing in it. Next boot it tried to
install it again. Why would it want to install a second one? This
system doesn't do well with pcmcia as far as I can see.

Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2

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In that case you have two choices. If one of the machines includes a DNS
server, you can enable it. If you don't have a DNS service (for instance,
both machines are running W98) then you need to hard code the devices'
addresses. The process is described here (you can ignore the bits about
server configuration).
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303301
How to Configure SBS Clients with Static IP Addresses
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On 11/14/2004 at 12:52 PM, "Jeff Richards" said:

Contact your network administrator if you can't
identify it.

Unfortunately I'm the administrator, given that there are just two
computers and me in the whole house.

Maybe you can tell me something. I "cleaned house" again, removing
everything related to my pcmcia card (device manager), and started over.
Reboot brings installation, of course, and two copies of the TI
pcmcia.drv are installed - one on the pcmcia and one somewhere.

I deleted the one that showed nothing in it. Next boot it tried to
install it again. Why would it want to install a second one? This
system doesn't do well with pcmcia as far as I can see.
?

On 11/14/2004 at 08:52 PM, "Jeff Richards" said:

In that case you have two choices. If one of the machines includes a
DNS server, you can enable it. If you don't have a DNS service (for
instance, both machines are running W98) then you need to hard code
the devices' addresses.

That's taken care of. My new question was why the system wants to
install two pcmcia controllers ("Texas Instruments PCI-1250 Cardbus
Controller" by name) - one connected to nothing, both listed in the
device manager list under "PCIBus."

Well, it just occurred to me that maybe a separate controller is need
for each half of the pcmcia port?

Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2

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Do you have 2 PCMCIA slots? If so, then two entries will show up even if
you only have a card in one slot.

PattyL


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On 11/14/2004 at 08:52 PM, "Jeff Richards" said:

In that case you have two choices. If one of the machines includes a
DNS server, you can enable it. If you don't have a DNS service (for
instance, both machines are running W98) then you need to hard code
the devices' addresses.

That's taken care of. My new question was why the system wants to
install two pcmcia controllers ("Texas Instruments PCI-1250 Cardbus
Controller" by name) - one connected to nothing, both listed in the
device manager list under "PCIBus."

Well, it just occurred to me that maybe a separate controller is need
for each half of the pcmcia port?

Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2

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Should the Americans have left the Germans in France? Parley vous
Deutsch?

On 11/14/2004 at 05:59 PM, "PattyL" said:

Do you have 2 PCMCIA slots? If so, then two entries will show up even
if you only have a card in one slot.

Yes. The Xircom combo takes one slot byt the entire port bay.

Is there a 1-2-3 tutorial somewhere for installing this stuff on win98?

The simple fact is that there are a great many places where one can make
a wrong chioce, because he has no clue what all those names and terms
mean. To say nothing of the strangest error messages. To wit:

Error while loading Protocol 1.

Error 38: The computer name you specified is already in use on this
network. {change it here....)

How many names can you give one computer? The error doesn't make any
sense.

Another question. How does anyone know what to choose in Control Panel
- Network? I see things like several IPX/SPX entries. May I assume
one doesn't want to put too many of these things in?

Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2

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wrote:

..... To say nothing of the strangest error messages. To wit:

Error while loading Protocol 1.

Error 38: The computer name you specified is already in use on this
network. {change it here....)

How many names can you give one computer? The error doesn't make any
sense.

Reminds me of the time (quite a while ago .... might have been Win95)
when I got the error message:

"Unknown error. Please correct and try again"

(:-)

There is not a tutorial for installing devices because each manufacturer
decides what method to use for their device and drivers. Therefore, you
need to read the instructions that came with the device. Sometimes these
are only found in a readme file on the CD or installation disk. IF there is
no CD or installation disk and the specifications say that the device is for
Win98, then Windows will probably install the drivers automagically when you
insert it. Win98 did not ship with any drivers for combo cards so you need
to look to the manufacturer of this card for both the drivers and
installation instructions.

As for network protocols, remove all protocols except for TCP/IP since this
is the only one that you will use on the Internet. You don't need any other
network protocol unless you are connecting to a local network (such as at
the office) that uses another protocol. Generally, most ISPs have you use
the default settings for TCP/IP so you don't have to configure anything but
you'll need to check the instructions from your ISP for specifics because
some do assign you an address and you may need to enter the DNS servers as
well. Again, this is specific to your ISP so we can't give you the details.

Each computer can only have one name and each computer on the network must
have a different name. Make sure that there are no spaces in the
computernames and that both computers belong to the same workgroup. For
instance, the computer names might be Desktop and Laptop or Mom and Pop or
whatever you want. This article might help with the network problems:

Troubleshooting Windows 95/98/98 Second Edition Network Connection Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192534

PattyL


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On 11/14/2004 at 05:59 PM, "PattyL" said:

Do you have 2 PCMCIA slots? If so, then two entries will show up even
if you only have a card in one slot.

Yes. The Xircom combo takes one slot byt the entire port bay.

Is there a 1-2-3 tutorial somewhere for installing this stuff on win98?

The simple fact is that there are a great many places where one can make
a wrong chioce, because he has no clue what all those names and terms
mean. To say nothing of the strangest error messages. To wit:

Error while loading Protocol 1.

Error 38: The computer name you specified is already in use on this
network. {change it here....)

How many names can you give one computer? The error doesn't make any
sense.

Another question. How does anyone know what to choose in Control Panel
- Network? I see things like several IPX/SPX entries. May I assume
one doesn't want to put too many of these things in?

Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2

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Should the Americans have left the Germans in France? Parley vous
Deutsch?

This article might be helpful for working with devices.

How to Troubleshoot Hardware Device Drivers
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296060

PattyL

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On 11/14/2004 at 05:59 PM, "PattyL" said:

Do you have 2 PCMCIA slots? If so, then two entries will show up even
if you only have a card in one slot.

Yes. The Xircom combo takes one slot byt the entire port bay.

Is there a 1-2-3 tutorial somewhere for installing this stuff on win98?

The simple fact is that there are a great many places where one can make
a wrong chioce, because he has no clue what all those names and terms
mean. To say nothing of the strangest error messages. To wit:

Error while loading Protocol 1.

Error 38: The computer name you specified is already in use on this
network. {change it here....)

How many names can you give one computer? The error doesn't make any
sense.

Another question. How does anyone know what to choose in Control Panel
- Network? I see things like several IPX/SPX entries. May I assume
one doesn't want to put too many of these things in?

Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2

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Should the Americans have left the Germans in France? Parley vous
Deutsch?