Jacob (Mettavihari)
On Thu, 6 May 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At least it is approximately like that. To get it right, I'd need to know
> the IP numbering schemes for all of the interfaces and networks.
Here is some more precise info.
I have the main server on the lan of my ISP
and I am installing eventually 4-6 free email servers
in different cites in the country (Sri Lanka).
Gateway 204.143.107.33
|
------------------------------------------------------- the Lan of my ISP
| My lan card |
-------- --------
|metta.lk| 204.143.107.46 | DNS | 204.143.107.34
-------- --------
|
PPP connection on my server. #172.16.1.10:172.16.1.11
172.16.1.10
|
|
172.16.1.11
PPP connection by the dialin clients IP provided by my server
| | | |
-------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
| Col7.metta.lk| | Col4.metta.lk| |Galle.metta.lk| |Kandy.metta.lk|
| 172.16.1.1 | | 172.16.2.1 | |172.16.3.1 | |172.16.4.1 |
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
I can at this point ping 172.16.1.10 but not 204.143.107.46
I do not need to go out but only to get may mail.
if that is possible then that is fine for now.
on my main host "metta.lk" my files look like this
==================================================
HOSTNAME
--------
dhamma
/etc/hosts
----------
172.16.2.1 Col4 Vajiraramaya
172.16.1.1 Col7 Narada
204.143.107.46 dhamma dhamma
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
/etc/conf.resolv
----------------
search metta.lk
nameserver 204.143.107.34
nameserver 204.143.96.17
Col7 172.16.1.1
Col4 172.16.2.1
on "Col7.metta.lk" the files look like this
============================================
HOSTNAME
--------
Col7.metta.lk
/etc/hosts
----------
204.143.107.46 dhamma dhammma
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
172.16.1.1 Col7.metta.lk Narada
/etc/conf.resolv
----------------
search metta.lk
nameserver 204.143.107.34 # my ISP's DNS
nameserver 204.143.96.17 # another alternative DNS
If the files above are ok
then I have a question:
1 What is the Gateway number of the client "Col7.metta.lk"
2 Does metta.lk forward the mail when a ppp connection is established
3 or does the client collect its mail using some agent (fetchmail)
I presume from what I have seen on this list that this would be the case
4 if 2 is yes then how does metta.lk know who is loging in
5 what will be my DNS of the client "Col7.metta.lk"
pls note that the client "Col7.metta.lk" is the main gateway
to another smaller net.(for later setup)
6 where do I set default route
is it in my pppd where i dial up with /etc/ppp/ppp-on
I read somewhere to set it to default route, but I cannot find it again
and I do not trust my own RAM
