"Brian M. Rectanus" wrote: >> >> At 09:38 AM 11/22/97 +0000, Chuma Agbodike wrote: >> >Do diald and ipmasquerading serve the same purpose ? >> >Or do I have to use both ? I have a 3 node ethernet lan. >> >The all had windows on them. Now I installed Linux 2.0.29 (debian 1.3) >> >on the unit that has the modem on it. And would like the other units >> >to access the internet via the modem on LINUX unit. >> >So I have diald running on the linux. The windows node have the >> >linux unit as their gateway. But if I ping an IP diald doesn't dial. > >You cannot ping an IP. You have to ping an address that must be looked up >like: > >server.no.where.net > >Otherwise diald assumes that the ip in on your local net and no dial is >nessasary.
I don't understand what you are saying here. Diald works on the basis of IP addresses only. If you ping a name, the very first thing that happens is that gethostbyname() is called to look up the IP address from the name. That _may_ involve a nameserver lookup across the network or it may be relovable from cached data. If it is not cached it will send a query to external nameservers, and that will cause diald to start the link. Equally, diald will start the link if it receives any other kind of packet for a remote site, provided that you have your routing correct. (Don't forget that it has to call the nameserver itself in that manner.) -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
