On 8/20/05, Pramathesh Ambasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I can either access the internet through ppp or access the local network > through eth0 but cannot do both. The problem seems to be the conflicting > domain names. The obvious solution is to change the local network domain name > to the isp's domain name so that a typical machine on the network is now > called machine1.isp.com instead of machine1.mydomain.org. But if I don't want > to do this is there a way however that both domain names can coexist on the > same network without conflict?
Simple. Set up a caheching DNS server (like bind) on the machine that dials into your ISP using PPP. On this DNS server, set up a zone for your made-up domain name. In the named.conf file specify your ISP's DNS servers as forwards. All the machines on the LAN should use your machine that dials into the ISP - your gateway / proxy - as their DNS server. This will make your made-up domain work again and also improve your browsing speeds because of the cacheing name server. Thaths -- "This is everybody's fault but mine!" -- Homer J. Simpson ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
