Re: DHCP, domain names, private LANs

2007-04-02 Thread Paul Lussier
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 4/2/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can't help but think is DNS config is not optimal ... > > What is "optimal", then? :) A Good Question(tm), though one I don't have an answer for :) Perhaps something that "looks right" or at lea

Re: DHCP, domain names, private LANs (was: IPv6 and IPv4 - how to shut off IPv6?)

2007-04-02 Thread Dan Jenkins
Ben Scott wrote: DHCP servers can provide a parent domain and/or a hostname. I know Comcast hands out a domain name; I dunno about the hostname. Some networks do hand out both. What the DHCP client does with those is up to the client implementation. Comcast also hands out a hostname compris

DHCP, domain names, private LANs (was: IPv6 and IPv4 - how to shut off IPv6?)

2007-04-02 Thread Ben Scott
On 4/2/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The 'search localdomain' doesn't look right to me. What is acting as your DHCP server? > > I think that's just the default domainname you get. The firewall should > be handling the name service (he said it had two IPs for that). Strange. I r