Jan Carlson wrote:
>
[...]
> Diald setup is easy if you follow Jeff Balderson's
> proven method, attached. Read Jeff's notes first,
> then the following:
>
> 1. Enter your primary nameserver 2 or 3 times in /etc/resolv.conf.
>
> This increases the domain request timeout, letting domain requests
> succeed while the modem is connecting and the ppp link is being
> established.
> It's easier than recompiling the kernel with a longer timeout.
I feel better (and it seems it works better) using named with forward
only option, and a list of forwarders in /etc/named.conf, the same IPs
you put in resolv.conf: here you can adjust logging and timeouts anytime
and every way you like. All this assuming you install bind 8.1.1 or
newer. I have an RH5.1 intel box with 20 windogs machines and 8 macs in
LAN, and it works fine.
My setup:
/etc/named.conf:
options {
directory "/var/named";
forward first;
forwarders {
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; // same dns IPs you'd put in resolv.conf
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
};
listen-on { xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx }; // ip and netmask of your eth if you
got a private LAN
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root"; // here are root servers
};
zone "xxx" {
type master;
file "xxx"; // the fake dns for your LAN: remember to add
reverse
mapping too!
}
...
...
> 2. Insert in /etc/rc.d/init.d/network just before network interfaces are
> started:
>
> echo 5 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
If you install dialmon and change the sysv init script with the one
shipped with dialmon. it already does that for you and you can control
the link form a windogs machine same way you would with dctrl. You can
find it in redhat contrib section.
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