set my-hostname not working properly?

Moritz · Post by **Moritz** » Sat May 03, 2003 9:15 am

Hi,

my eggdrop (1.6.13) is in Quakenet (irc.quakenet.org / http://www.quakenet.org).
His host is the IP of the server where the shell is on (something like 81.28.22x.xx, I don't actually know right now).
I want my eggdrop having my host (like *!nick@my-domain.org).
"set my-ip" is the IP my server has, "set my-hostname" is also correctly configured.
But actually it doesn't work, my question is now: do I have to configure anything else? Or do I have to use my nameserver (ns.my-domain.org)? Does my server have to support anything like DNS?
What could be the reasons for my problem?
What could be possible solutions?
I would be very glad if you could help me.

Thank you!
Moritz
(moritz@paranoia-computers.net)

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Mon May 05, 2003 12:39 pm

You are diving into a rather large subject area.

To get a hostname on IRC, you need the following two conditions to be true.

1: Your IP address must resolve (via rDNS) to a hostname.

2: The hostname aquired in step 1, must resolve to the IP you are using for the connection.

This means, for each new hostname you want (if you want more than one on the system), yoj need a seperate IP address.

EVen if you only have one static IP, you can still do this. However, you must have both DNS and rDNS control. Or at least have a provider willing to setup and use an address of your chosing.

It is no good just havign DNS comtrol over a domain.

Speak to your ISP for advice, and see google for more details on how this all works.

Moritz · Post by **Moritz** » Mon May 05, 2003 3:09 pm

That means if my ISP support those two things (or if they install it) it'll work by setting the my-hostname and my-ip properly?

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Mon May 05, 2003 4:13 pm

You ISP will support it, and will likely allready have it installed.

However, as noted, it is not as simple as this.

What you talk of, is systems and networks administration, and unreleated to eggdrop. Eggdrop uses what is available, and provided by this.

This topic is so large, it has books written on it. I sugest you go and read up about "DNS control" and "DNS administration". Google is your best bet.