Date: 23 AUG 92 21:49:49 GMT
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From: "David J. Knapke 317/283-9420" <KNAPKE%BUTLERU.bitnet@UICVM.UIC.EDU>
Subject: help with config files
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This is a request for a sanity check, no wise cracks please.  This is my/our
first experience on or with Internet.  Our network number is 159.242.0.0 and
our Domain is registered as BUTLER.EDU.  The following is our network as
for as TCP/IP is concerned.

(note, these nodes are part of a 99% homogeneous cluster)

         ________________            ________________        _____________
        |   Vax   RUTH   |          |   Vax   OVID   |      |    CISCO    |
        |  159.242.1.3   |          |  159.242.1.5   |      |    ROUTER   |
        |                |          |                |      | 159.242.1.1 |
        |________________|          |________________|      |_____________|

At the moment there are ony two real hosts, OVID.BUTLER.EDU and RUTH.BUTLER.EDU.
I orginally set us up to use another node as a nameserver.  The condition was
that this only be the case until September 1, so I just set domain-nameservers
in the Multinet Config utility to their IP address so we could get to the rest
of the net even though folks could not get back to us without using IP numbers.

I had made the mistake (TGV's tech support pointed this out to me) of thinking
that the IP-Cluster-Aliases would be a clean way to seperate functions of our
domain.  I had in mind seperating out functions by doing this kind of thing:

names.butler.edu   159.242.1.3    our domain nameserver
mail.butler.edu    159.242.1.6    'the' place to receive mail, use mx records
                                       to point everything to here
butler.edu         159.242.1.2    a general way to provide access to our Cluster

Aparently this is not what was intended by this feature, bummer.  I still
cannot gleen the intended function from the manual, Tech support had to
tell me this was really intended for use with NFS only.  Unfortunately I
had already registerd NAMES.BUTLER.EDU as our domain nameserver.  At first
I thought that I would have to change this, but then I saw the CNAME record
available in DNS (remember I'm new at this) so I just added a record to make
OVID.BUTLER.EDU be the real host for NAMES.BULTLER.EDU.  Should I really
change this with the NIC??  I'm guessing the answer is yes.


What I'm looking for from those of you who have a more experience with
Multinet, DNS and Internet in general is for someone to look over the
attached info to make sure that it is right.  I will try to include everything
would be required.


Ruth> whois butler.edu
Butler University (BUTLER-DOM)
   Computer Center
   4600 Sunset Ave
   Indianapolis, IN 46208

   Domain Name: BUTLER.EDU

   Administrative Contact:
      Tilton, David R.  (DRT12)  Tilton@BUTLERU.BITNET
      (317) 283-9420
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Knapke, David  (DK265)  Knapke@BUTLERU.BITNET
      (317) 283-9420

   Record last updated on 29-Jul-92.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NAMES.BUTLER.EDU             159.242.1.5
   WASHINGTON.IHETS.EDU         157.91.128.1







NET-CONFIG>show
Interface                                Adapter     CSR Address    Flags/Vector
---------                                -------     -----------    ------------
se0      (Shared VMS Ethernet/FDDI)       -NONE-        -NONE-       -NONE-
          [TCP/IP: 159.242.1.3]
          [VMS Device: EXA0, Link Level ETHERNET]


Official Host Name:             RUTH.BUTLER.EDU
Default IP Route:               159.242.1.1
IP Cluster Aliases:             159.242.1.2
Domain Nameservers:             127.0.0.1
Timezone:                       EST
Timezone Rules:                 US/EASTERN
SMTP Postmaster:                postmaster
Load UCX $QIO driver:           TRUE

      ********* Ovid is the same except the host IP # and host name *******





;
;  MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.CONFIGURATION
;
;  sample boot file for cache-only server
;
; type    domain               source file or host
;
cache     .                      MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.CACHE
primary   0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA   MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.LOCAL
primary   butler.edu             MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.BUTLER
primary   242.159.IN-ADDR.ARPA   MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.BUTLER-NET
;
;






;
; MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.BUTLER
;
; This is Butler's site specific domain-name-service file or ZONE file.
;
;
;     Authoritative data for BUTLER.EDU
;
@    IN   SOA    OVID.BUTLER.EDU.    postmaster.OVID.BUTLER.EDU. (
                     92081901           ; file serial number asyymmddss, where
                                        ; ss is the zone change sequence count
                     3600               ; refresh every 2 hours
                     600               ; retry  every 2 hours
                     3600000           ; expire in twenty weeks
                     86400 )            ; minimum time to live


              IN         NS       OVID.BUTLER.EDU.
              IN         NS       WASHINGTON.IHETS.EDU.

;
;   Info about the host BUTLER.EDU
;
BUTLER.EDU.   IN         MX       0      BUTLER.EDU
              IN         A        159.242.1.2
              IN         HINFO    VAX 6000-610  VMS
              IN         WKS      159.242.1.2 TCP TELNET FTP FINGER SMTP

;
;   The loopback address and host
;
LOCALHOST.    IN         A        127.0.0.1
              IN         HINFO    LOOPBACK-HOST LOOPBACK

;
;   The remaining hosts in Alphabetical order
;
NAMES         IN         CNAME    OVID.BUTLER.EDU

OVID          IN         A        159.242.1.5
              IN         MX       0      OVID
              IN         HINFO    VAX 6000-610  VMS
              IN         WKS      159.242.1.5 TCP TELNET FTP FINGER SMTP

RUTH          IN         A        159.242.1.3
              IN         MX       0       RUTH
              IN         HINFO    VAX 6000-610  VMS
              IN         WKS      159.242.1.3 TCP TELNET FTP FINGER SMTP






;
; MULTINET:DOMAIN-NAME-SERVICE.BUTLER-NET
;
;     Authoritative data for 242.159.IN-ADDR.ARPA
;
@    IN   SOA    OVID.BUTLER.EDU.    postmaster.OVID.BUTLER.EDU. (
                     92081901           ; file serial number asyymmddss, where
                                        ; ss is the zone change sequence count
                     3600               ; refresh every 2 hours
                     600               ; retry  every 2 hours
                     3600000           ; expire in twenty weeks
                     86400 )            ; minimum time to live


              IN         NS       OVID.BUTLER.EDU.
              IN         NS       WASHINGTON.IHETS.EDU.

;
;  Network database

5.1           IN         PTR      OVID.BUTLER.EDU
3.1           IN         PTR      RUTH.BUTLER.EDU
2.1           IN         PTR      BUTLER.EDU





*****  Please note that I have not applied for the reverse lookup business
       yet, that will be Monday assuming this is close to correct.

I would/will appreciate any construtive reviews of my attempt at this!!
Thanks in advance for those who have constructive comments.




David J. Knapke                       Knapke@ButlerU.BITNET
Computer Center                          Assistant Director
Butler University                     Information Resources
Indianapolis, IN  46208                      (317) 283-9420
USA                                     Fax: (317) 283-9740