Thanks.... heading out now...... Dave
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Monk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:15 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Can someone bring a Linux Distribution tonight? > Dave > There will probably be more than one but I will certainly have with me > a copy of Suse Pro 8.2 > Graham > > On Wednesday 02 July 2003 17:09, you wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I realize that this is short notice but, IF POSSIBLE, would someone be able > > to bring a copy of a Linux distro to the meeting tonight. I'm flying to NS > > on Friday and would like to set up Linux on my notebook and work with it a > > bit as it's all Greek to me right now. I'll bring a bunch of blank CD's an > > a notebook if burning is necessary or can simply replace yours with blanks. > > > > Again, I'm new at Linux so would like to spend my spare time on holiday > > tinkering with it. > > > > Thanks for the place to yell and shout! > > > > And also, thanks to those involved in the Install Fest. Nice to meet you > > all and especially the chap that set up my system for me!! > > > > Dave Watkins > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:27 PM > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Weird name resolution troubles and IPCop 1.3.0 > > > > > Out of curiosity, can you ping the DNS servers when you are recieving > > > > these > > > > > errors? > > > > > > kev. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Shawn Grover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:15 AM > > > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Weird name resolution troubles and IPCop 1.3.0 > > > > > > > Well, adding the other name servers to my resolv.conf file didn't > > > > resolve > > > > > > the issue. It appears that I loose name resolution after a period of > > > > time > > > > > > (somewhere around 5 - 15 minutes). I'll do more digging over the next > > > > few > > > > > > days. > > > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:52 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Weird name resolution troubles and IPCop 1.3.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > The RED interface on the IPCop box is using DHCP. All other interfaces > > > > on > > > > > > my network are static. > > > > I've added the other IP addresses mentioned in the other responses to > > > > my message, so we'll see how that goes. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the responses. > > > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Kevin Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:32 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Weird name resolution troubles and IPCop 1.3.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > If you're getting DHCP from IPcop, it will be caching DNS info for you. > > > > > > So > > > > > > > I'd start by checking that it isn't affected first. > > > > > > > > Next, is the Gentoo box recieving a dhcp address? Is it also recieving > > > > > > DNS > > > > > > > from the DHCP server? > > > > > > > > I'd start by hardcoding the address and DNS settings. If that doesn't > > > > > > work, > > > > > > > then try using a different DNS server (24.71.223.145 is SHAW, and it'll > > > > > > work > > > > > > > fine for you). > > > > > > > > Kev. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CLUG (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:30 AM > > > > Subject: (clug-talk) Weird name resolution troubles and IPCop 1.3.0 > > > > > > > > > I'm seeing some weird things going on with my network. > > > > > > > > > > I have two computers behind an IPCop firewall. One of the computers > > > > is > > > > > my > > > > > > > > W2K workstation - it has no problems doing name resolution and > > > > browsing > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > web. The other computer is my Gentoo server and it will periodically > > > > > > > > refuse > > > > > > > > > to resolve names. It does this when I'm trying to install packages > > > > > sometimes, or even just trying to ping a remote server. > > > > > > > > > > I've just finished checking and reinstalling the IPCop firewall - and > > > > > > saw > > > > > > > > the symptoms appear again immediately (ping www.google.ca failed to > > > > > resolve). However, a few minutes later, it's resolving with no > > > > > > problems. > > > > > > > > The obvious assumption is that my server isn't setup right. But I've > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > checked it's hosts file, and resolv.conf file - hosts has entries for > > > > my > > > > > > > local computers, and resolv.conf has entries for my name servers > > > > (well, > > > > > > > Telus' servers). Should I not have my firewall computer in the > > > > > > > > resolv.conf > > > > > > > > > file? Would that be the cause of this sort of trouble? I've also > > > > > > checked > > > > > > > > the default gateway, and it's set correctly. > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone else running IPCop seen the same sort of behaviour? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > > > > > > > Shawn >
