I Set the debug flag in diald.conf.
Here is what is trapped when the connection is established due to Netscape.
I'm running named on the box that diald is running on. 10.0.0.1 is my
slip-local IP address. The other address is the address for my ISP's name
server. The first line is interesting although I don't know what it means or
if it is relevant.
Aug 9 20:02:09 redbox named[302]: No root nameservers for class IN
Aug 9 20:02:09 redbox diald[313]: filter accepted rule 30 proto 17 len 50
packet 10.0.0.1,53 => 123.45.6.7,53
Aug 9 20:02:10 redbox diald[313]: Running connect (pid = 484).
Aug 9 20:02:14 redbox diald[313]: filter accepted rule 30 proto 17 len 50
packet 10.0.0.1,53 => 123.45.6.7,53
Aug 9 20:02:29 redbox last message repeated 3 times
Aug 9 20:02:33 redbox diald[313]: Running pppd (pid = 485).
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright
1995 Caldera, Inc.
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox kernel: registered device ppp0
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox diald[313]: filter accepted rule 30 proto 17 len 50
packet 10.0.0.1,53 => 123.45.6.7,53
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox pppd[485]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox pppd[485]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 9 20:02:34 redbox pppd[485]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Cheers,
Rod
Gyepi SAM wrote:
>
> Instead of posting a tcp dump, you might try setting the debug flags in
> diald to see what's causing it. If you are not running a named server
> on your internal network, netscape will attempt to use the ISPs. I seem
> to recall that netscape does not use the libc dns library but connects
> directly to the named server. If true, then netscape would diald out to
> the ISP even when you connect to another machine on your network unless
> you running a local named server.
>
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