I have tried that as well. It allows the LEAF box to resolve "mullan.dns2go.com" to 192.168.1.128 (by using PING on the LEAF box) but nobody else on the network. They still get the external IP as resolved by DNS2GO's servers.
John -----Original Message----- From: Lee Kimber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:18 PM To: John Mullan Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Using HOSTS file I think you need /etc/network.conf - the main network config script. Looks for some lines about two thirds of the way down that deal with hosts and "private.domain" (unless you have changed it to something else already) The commented out host1 is an example of what you are looking for. At 08:38 PM 6/5/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I use DNS2GO to handle my dynamic IP for the benefit of the outside >world (one day I'll register my own domain). > >But for now, if anyone in the internal network trys to browse >mullan.dns2go.com it won't work (of course). What I would like is for >the LEAF box to recognize this DNS request and translate it to the >internal IP (192.168.1.128). > >Can anyone tell me how to do this? I thought it might be the HOSTS file >but that doesn't seem to work. > >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >John Mullan http://mullan.dns2go.com/ > >Personal: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Business: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >_______________________________________________________________ > >Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference >August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - >leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html