My question originally was how a Linux PC would get DNS info during an IPCP
negotiation, but I like this solution better. Thanks for the reply.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: David D. Shochat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux PPP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: DNS and PPP
>Jim DiFronzo wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> General question. Can pppd be used to obtain DNS IP address information
from
>> an ISP's ppp server like windows clients can?
>>
>According to the PPP-HOWTO:
>
> http://www.nexttime.com/LDP/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO-8.html
>
>the answer is no. However, I've found that it isn't very hard to figure
>out what your ISP's name servers are by using nslookup. For example:
>
>nslookup
>set type=ns
>chelmsford.com
>
>will give you the one my ISP uses (they only have 1!). Of course you
>have to have some name server set up in resolv.conf in order to do the
>above. But as someone else already replied, you can often use someone
>else's. Also, you could do this query initially on someone else's
>computer.
>
>-- David
>
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