DNS problem, nslookup works, ping doesn't

Question

I am setting up a development server in my flat. I have set up an Ubuntu DNS server on it and have added the zone weddinglist (just weddinglist - no TLD. It\'s just an internal

Answer 1

I think this behavior can be turned off, but Window's online help wasn't extremely clear:

If you disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, you cannot use broadcast-based NetBIOS name resolution to resolve computer names to IP addresses for computers on the same network segment. If your computers are on the same network segment, and NetBIOS over TCP/IP is disabled, you must install a DNS server and either have the computers register with DNS (or manually configure DNS records) or configure entries in the local Hosts file for each computer.

In Windows XP, there is a checkbox:

Advanced TCP/IP Settings

[ ] Enable LMHOSTS lookup

There is also a book that covers this at length, "Networking Personal Computers with TCP/IP: Building TCP/IP Networks (old O'Reilly book)". Unfortunately, I cannot look it up because I disposed of my copy a while ago.