Re: connecting OS9 Mac to exchange server

From: William Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 11:56:19 -0500

In article <0m0_c.26254$CG3.1830403@news20.bellglobal.com>,
 "Peter MacEwen" <peter@macewencan.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to connect an OS9 Mac to a 2003 exchange server. The Mac can ping
> the IP address of the exchange server but it cannot ping the FQDN of the
> exchange server (it's all on an internal IP address range, 192.168.0.x) even
> though I have put together a proper HOSTS file (I think I have). The Mac is
> using DHCP to get's its IP address (from the same machine running exchange)
> and it shows that the DNS server is the proper #, it can't ping the exchange
> server name.
>
> Where is the HOSTS files supposed to go? Just to check
>
> The HOSTS file looks like
>
> SERVER1 CNAME myexch.myexchange.edu
> myexch.myexchange.edu A 192.168.0.10
>
> I can ping 192.168.0.10 but when I try to ping SERVER1 it fails

A question for you: Are you running Mac OS 9 in Classic mode under Mac
OS X or is your Mac actually booted into Mac OS 9?

If you're running Mac OS 9 in Classic mode then you need to know that
although the Classic environment depends on some of the networking
functions of Mac OS X, it still uses some of its own networking. This
includes the setup for Hosts files. An entry in an old blog of mine may
help you <http://homepage.mac.com/theoriginalmeck/blog/>. Scroll to the
very bottom entry.

Hope this helps! billl 

-- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)

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