Unfortunately, this doesnt work at all well with my dial up. There are a number of programs that dont seem to use /etc/hosts (netscape being one, but not in all cases it seems, which confuses matters). On my internal network, I often have to use IP for some programs, whereas others are happy with hostnames. The current Mandrake default cacheing DNS and kppp seem particularly brain dead - my /etc/resolve file fills up with kppp entries (one each for the ISP primary and secondary DNS, and never deletes them, so it just gets larger! And then there's the problem with default route for kppp not overriding the system one set after bootup without manual intervention ... 7.1 seemed a much more stable setup for dialup BillK > > If you have a hosts file on each machine, you don't need a local DNS > - use only your ISP's DNS. The DNS entries in winipcfg for each > machine must be those of your ISP. > > -- > Regards, > > Ron. [AU] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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