> Finding that dnrd site was excellent - thanks a million for that because I am > partway into the throes of setting up a small home network
Just having a look at it, and its argument for existance is "DNRD was designed for home networks where you might want to dial into more than one ISP ... . The problem with multiple dialups is that you need to change /etc/resolv.conf for each one. With DNRD, this is no longer necessary." The IP number(s) of the name server(s) is supplied by the ISP you're dialling up to during the ppp initiation stage, /etc/resolv.conf is modified by pppd and the interface scripts; mods are undone when the ppp link goes down. The reason for dnrd's existance therefore doesn't exist. Are you sure it actually does something useful for you which your system doesn't do already? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
