my reason for wanting to stop IPchains was that I get a screen full of error
messages and then boot freezes, unless I use the "I" option when Mandrake
asks at the start of "interactive startup" I have not ever changed the dns
numbers from the ones my ISP gave me years ago, and they work on all the
other machines around here. I wonder what file would be changing this
setting?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] resolv.conf goes to different ip as soon as ppp0
starts
> OK, for starters, DHCP (and you're probably using this based on your
> indication of using the ppp0 interface) will dynamically assign both a
host
> IP address and DNS IP addresses to your machine as soon as negotiation of
> your ISP account is complete. If you are manually configuring DNS
addresses
> that you have gotten from a different ISP, then *yes* they will change.
> Nothing is "up" with it--it's supposed to be that way. Don't worry about
> that, it seems it's the least of your worries.
>
> Second, your config seems all screwed up. I'm not sure why you want to
> *stop* ipchains from starting, unless you believe it's causing some
> particular problem that you haven't explained. Actually ipchains would be
a
> good thing to have enabled on an internet connected machine because you
can
> configure it to stop hackers from breaking in.
>
> In order to troubleshoot your setup, please include as detailed a
> description of how you set up your interface(s) as possible. From what
> you've written here, there's nothing we can do.
>
> --Greg
>
> > resolv.conf goes to different ip as soon as ppp0 starts? what is up
with
> > that? these numbers change as soon as ppp0 starts and I open resolv.conf
> to
> > see them. any ideas? and so far I have not been sucessfull at keeping
> > ipchains from starting, and do not get past the error messages unless I
> use
> > the "I" option when mandrake goes into interactive phaase.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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