I would like to have a setup where the dns is setup dynamically which seems
to be the way Windows clients work. Is that possible with ppd ?
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Sanjiv Bawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: PPP setup problem
> At 05:51 PM 4/20/99 -0500, Sanjiv Bawa wrote:
> >THANKS !!!! I got it work. BUT there is a catch. There is no dns. So ping
> >yahoo.com does not work. I can ping an outside IP address and even get a
web
> >page provided I provide the address.
> >
> >I always thought the DNS address would come with the connection. How do I
> >get it to configure dynamically ?
>
> You have to tell your system where to look for DNS info. You do this in
> /etc/resolv.conf . Your ISP will have, I trust, supplied you with the IP
> addresses of its nameservers.
>
> If you have a small LAN, setting this up is easy. Just put the nameservers
> for the PPP connection in resolv.conf and leave them there all the time.
> Then use /etc/hosts for your LAN. If you have a big enough LAN that you
need
> to run DNS locally as well, then it's a bit trickier, and someone else
will
> have to help with that part.
>
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