On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Rahul wrote:

> 1) Still not able to optimise my connection. How can i change the
> MTU setting at the time im connected to net, if not at the time im
> doing FTP/Telnet in LAN.

mtu n  

in /etc/ppp/options sets the MTU value to n.

man pppd.

> message. Is there some setting required to start SMTP server on linux.
> What can be the problem ?

Install & configure qmail or sendmail.

Refer Mail-HOWTO

> 2) How can i set my machine as DNS server for the LAN, any pointers
> would be helpful.

Refer DNS-HOWTO

All howtos are at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/doc/howto/

        - cnb.

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