Pixel wrote:
>
> Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 2. Multiple nameservers should be parsed out and set to
> > /etc/resolv.conf one per line with a "nameserver " prefix.
>
> you mean why doesn't it ask for more than one nameserver?
> seems a good thing to add. 2 nameservers is ok?
Two is usual, but I have seen space to enter four nameservers.
> > B. /etc/hosts is not set up. This means that only IP numbers, not
> > names, may be used in the remote lp dbox.
> >
> > 1. The host names and their IPs for /etc/hosts should be collected
> > by a new dbox and set to /etc/hosts This must be done before remote
> > lp setup and testing.
>
> do you think that's really needed at install?
> nowadays, most people have DNS, don't they?
Small networks don't need DNS, they use /etc/hosts, set the same on
all machines, just like /etc/resolv.conf must be set the same on all
machines.
It needs to be set up during install so that your remote printer test
works using machine names, and so that ping, name lookup, etc work
immediately on the first run of the new Linux.
>
> > C. Default route is not set up. For gateway machines a new dbox
> > should collect the interface for the default route and set it up.
> > For LAN machines the gateway address should be set as the default
> > route.
>
> ?? gateway @ is asked
route default gw <name>
That's good for machines on a LAN, but NOT for the gateway (say has
eth0 on the internet and eth1 on the LAN) machine or for no-LAN
machines.
Any machine with 2 NICs (any more are ignored, by both Windows and
Linux - very strange) should cause the installer to ask which are to
be ifconfig up. If both are required up, then this machine is a
gateway, and needs the following:
route default eth0
A no-LAN machine with a NIC also requires this, not a gateway
address.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
