Re: IP namesever
On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 04:30:03PM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: ... ppp connection...IP address of the namesever is necessary to connect [?] The IP address of the nameserver is not necessary for a ppp connection, but it is necessary to have in a nameserver I.i.P.p entry in /etc/resolv.conf in order to use DNS names rather than IP addresses after you've completed the ppp connection. In fact, if the ISP has things configured properly, the server shall send the nameserver data, with which your configurator ought to create /etc/resolv.conf. But you'll have to make sure that /etc/nsswitch.conf has a hosts dns entry, yourself. You may want to read the NET*-HOWTOs and DNS-HOWTO on http://www.linuxdoc.org sorry about the newbie question. Don't worry about it: we've all started as newbie, even the most expert of us, of whom I'm not one... yet. If you're using pppconfig in potato or woody *and* you ISP supports it, you may be able to use Dynamic IPs. It works fine for me, there are scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d that take care of moving /etc/resolv.conf temporarily while the connection is up. I don't think this is supported in Slink (2.1). -- According to MegaHAL: The emu is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
IP namesever
Im configuring my ppp connectionI was wondering if the IP address of the namesever is necessary to connectsorry about the newbie question. Justin Camblin [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM: cam random Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds -Albert Einstein
RE: IP namesever
On 25-Jul-2000 cam_random wrote: Im configuring my ppp connection I was wondering if the IP address of the namesever is necessary to connect sorry about the newbie question. Yes, put your nameserver address in your /etc/resolv.conf like this: nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 192.168.1.2 You can have up to three listed there. -- Andrew
Re: IP namesever
... ppp connection...IP address of the namesever is necessary to connect [?] The IP address of the nameserver is not necessary for a ppp connection, but it is necessary to have in a nameserver I.i.P.p entry in /etc/resolv.conf in order to use DNS names rather than IP addresses after you've completed the ppp connection. In fact, if the ISP has things configured properly, the server shall send the nameserver data, with which your configurator ought to create /etc/resolv.conf. But you'll have to make sure that /etc/nsswitch.conf has a hosts dns entry, yourself. You may want to read the NET*-HOWTOs and DNS-HOWTO on http://www.linuxdoc.org sorry about the newbie question. Don't worry about it: we've all started as newbie, even the most expert of us, of whom I'm not one... yet. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-729-5387 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home phone on request) http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan RE: xmailtool http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan/xmailtool/index.html I am the ILOVEGNU signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
