IP works servername doesnt? (debian 5 tutorial help)

Hi, great tutorial btw.

Everything installed pretty well. only issue I have is when I type my Local IP (192.168.1.4) for my server into my browser it shows "it works" however if i use the servers name nothing happens.

"localhost" and "localhost -f" show correct responces for the server name.

When I looked at the /etc/resolv.conf file it had "nameserver 192.168.1.1" should that be "192.168.1.4" for my server address?

netstat -tap is displaying this:

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Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:10024 *:*                     LISTEN      20481/amavisd (mast
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:10025 *:*                     LISTEN      20407/master
tcp        0      0 *:mysql                 *:*                     LISTEN      20231/mysqld
tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                *:*                     LISTEN      1907/portmap
tcp        0      0 server1.agama.co:domain *:*                     LISTEN      21205/mydns
tcp        0      0 localhost.locald:domain *:*                     LISTEN      21205/mydns
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                   *:*                     LISTEN      21199/pure-ftpd (SE
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN      21612/sshd
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdoma:918 *:*                     LISTEN      2438/famd
tcp        0      0 *:39671                 *:*                     LISTEN      1918/rpc.statd
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN      20407/master
tcp        0    148 server1.agama.com:ssh   192.168.2.2:3979        ESTABLISHED 2528/sshd: administ
tcp6       0      0 [::]:imaps              [::]:*                  LISTEN      21122/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:pop3s              [::]:*                  LISTEN      21150/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:pop3               [::]:*                  LISTEN      21133/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:imap2              [::]:*                  LISTEN      21100/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:http-alt           [::]:*                  LISTEN      21182/apache2
tcp6       0      0 [::]:www                [::]:*                  LISTEN      21182/apache2
tcp6       0      0 localhost:domain        [::]:*                  LISTEN      21205/mydns
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ftp                [::]:*                  LISTEN      21199/pure-ftpd (SE
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ssh                [::]:*                  LISTEN      21612/sshd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:https              [::]:*                  LISTEN      21182/apache2

Is the part "localhost.localdo:10024 ", "localhost.localdo:10025" correct? or should I swap localhost around with localhost.localdomain in the /etc/hosts file? which would result in:

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tcp        0      0 localhost:10024         *:*                     LISTEN      2201/amavisd (maste
tcp        0      0 localhost:10025         *:*                     LISTEN      2832/master

Also this is the output of "dig `hostname`"

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; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P1 <<>> server1.agama.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 50997
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;server1.agama.com.             IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
agama.com.              8401    IN      SOA     ns1.gldn.net. dnsmaster.gldn.net. 2005122700 10800 3600 3600000 86400

;; Query time: 52 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 15 15:27:39 2009
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 93

output of "nslookup server1.agama.com"

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Server:         192.168.1.1
Address:        192.168.1.1#53

** server can't find server1.agama.com: NXDOMAIN

so my questions are:

Is there something wrong with the /etc/resolv.conf ip address?

something wrong with the /etc/hosts file, should I swap it back or leave it?

Is it possibly my modem/router (port forwarding is on)?

If so should I use DNS in my modem/router?

Thank you for your time

-Shayne

 

so there wasnt anything wrong after all?

Well I hope not, I get "SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)" when I dig "hostname" though, shouldnt it be my servers ip address that I have assigned (192.1681.14) in my /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/hosts file?

Also should my localhost be displaying the ip 192.168.1.1 (which is my gateway)

Code:

Server:         192.168.1.1
Address:        192.168.1.1#53

Name:   localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1

I also get a message like this when I dig `server1`

Code:

Server:         192.168.1.1
Address:        192.168.1.1#53

** server can't find server1: NXDOMAIN

Is any of that to worrie about?

 

192.168.1.1 is the nameserver that you are querying. It should be listed in /etc/resolv.conf.

 

Thanks I started a new topic on another problem I am having