Ronny, Thanks. Before I made the change to the pdns.conf I could get google, debian, yahoo and wikipedia but NOT skolelinux.no or most other websites! Where does pdns-recursor lookup DNS for websites it doesn't already know about? Regards, David
--- On Wed, 12/29/10, Ronny Aasen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ronny Aasen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: workstation boots but can't find kstartupconfig and OpenDNS > setup? > To: "David Goldstrom" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 3:12 AM > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29. des. 2010 02:21, David Goldstrom wrote: > > Both problems solved (and I'll try to add to the > Wiki!) > > > > 1. Changing the machine name to static00 got it to > boot as a diskless workstation. It also boots as a thin > client on the same address (10.0.2.50). > > > > 2. Getting the ethernet to work required setting the > "recursion=(put OpenDNS nameservers here seperated by a > comma)" variable in the powerDNS cofiguration file > /etc/powerdns/pdns.d/pdns-debian-edu.conf > > tjener should have a valid recursor server installed, so > changing the > recursive server should not be nessecary unless you have > some spesial > network issues. or a bug. if you want to troubleshoot you > can check that > the pdns-recursor is installed and running > > unless you want to use opendns for some other reason. then > your change > makes sense. > > Ronny > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk0a+3cACgkQdjPGjuyRrjpgvQCgwPqXJG5vE5WYCuP5W6fLZMKw > AFMAoKfyEetl4NgPPp9i50UuGPSRmtsR > =x3DZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
