>>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Maney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> On 2 Aug 1998, Jake Colman wrote:
>> The problem: If I have samba active, diald dials out every 8-10
>> mins. Without samba running, diald dials out only when I have real
>> traffic.
>> So, does anyone have the definitive answer as to how to prevent
>> spurious diald activity when using Samba on a linux/win95 network when
>> also using IP Masquerading (ipfwadm)?
Martin> I have two answers for you. The first, which is what I use, is
Martin> to setup a local DNS server (bind) that all local machines query.
Martin> It provides authoritative answers for all local machines, and
Martin> forwards requests for external names to my ISP's servers (1).
Martin> With this setup, I have *never* seen any spurious connections
Martin> even though my wife has gotten into the habit of leaving her
Martin> machine (W95, mounting several shares from the samba server) up
Martin> 24x7.
Hmmm. I though that the diald FAQ says that you should NOT run named! I had
had a chaching name server set up (using the default caching name server RPM
included with RH 5.1) but removed it because of the FAQ. I am I
misremembering (is that a word?) something?
In any case, what version of named or bind are you using? How do you have it
set up? Can you point me to a FAQ? My network is quite small. A Linux box
running Samba, diald, and with ability to connnect to ISP via PPP, and
several Win95 boxes. I use IP Masq to successfully masquerade the network
over PPP, and use Samba to publish Linux-based mounts and to access Win-based
mounts.
Martin> The second answer I cannot vouch for from personal experience,
Martin> but since it's much easier to setup you might like to try it. I
Martin> have seen many differenet folks report that the same effect can
Martin> be achieved without a nameserver if you make sure that all your
Martin> local machines are (correctly!) present in the server's
Martin> /etc/hosts file.
I'll look at this solution but I think that is already the case.
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