[Info-vax] duplicated DNS domain name (was: Re: stupid network tricks)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-03-09 17:17:46 +0000, <lists at openmailbox.org> said:

>> Your resolver is also messed up.
> 
> How do I resolve it? No pun intended..

Using @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG core options (menu choice 1) and 
through all of the prompts, or (probably better) TCPIP$CONFIG all 
options (menu choice A), all the way through, using a static IP 
configuration and not DHCP. and not diverging from what's in the TCP/IP 
Services installation and configuration manual in the TCP/IP Services 
shelf at the HP OpenVMS documentation web site 
<http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/doc>.   Use your terminal emulator, and 
keep a copy of the sequence used.  Reboot after the installation.  Post 
the log, if problems persist.

I think you're probably going to be running with TCP/IP V5.3 here (it's 
been a while since I've checked that version detail for OpenVMS VAX 
V7.3, so please use TCPIP> SHOW VERSION to confirm that detail), so the 
TCP/IP Services manuals are at 
<http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip53.html>, which means the 
installation and configuration manual for that version is  at 
<http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/documentation/pdf/tcpip_install_config.pdf> 
 The appendices have an example of the installation sequence — which 
isn't relevant here — and the far more relevant configuration sequence. 
 The main section of the manual describes what each prompt means.

When you're just getting going with OpenVMS VAX here, please do not 
attempt to diverge from the configuration sequences and details shown 
in the manuals — this including specifying the host name and domain 
name as shown in the documentation including in the example sequence — 
and specify a DNS server from your ISP or using Google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 
8.8.4.4) as your servers; don't start out your configuration assuming 
local host settings initially, though that does work.  Following guides 
can sometimes help and sometimes — as is the case here; what's the URL 
of the particular example you were following? — cause confusion.  
Trying to do what Linux or Unix does here can and variously will cause 
problems and confusion and frustration.



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