definately a windows config problem. Changing your IP's will not help.
This happens to one of the computers in my mom's office. 


On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Chris Morton wrote:

> That's what I thought.  I'm not running DNS on my home network and it
> seems to run fine, with one exception:
> 
> When I telnet from my Win98 machine (which has a modem) to the Linux
> server, the 98 machine wants to dial my ISP to reach it via the
> internet.  If I cancel the dialout, the telnet session proceeds normally
> over my LAN.
> 
> Anybody have any suggestions?
> 
> I'm using 10.x.x.x as my IP address series.  Should it be 192.168.x.x
> instead?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Galpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 11:22 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: How to configure a Home network?
> 
> 
> I do just fine without running DNS, not even a chachign name server.
> Just
> use a hosts file on you linux box, and point all the machines to your
> isp's DNS servers
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Chris Morton wrote:
> 
> > Is DNS really necessary, or will a hosts file do?
> 
> 
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