-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 13 December 2004 11:53 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DNS and Ping problems at home
btw, Could you mention how old the the Gentoo install is?
In particular what version of baselayout have you got?
Only a few months old and fully up to date.
serva root # emerge -s baselayout
Searching...
[ Results for search key : baselayout ]
[ Applications found : 2 ]
* sys-apps/baselayout
Latest version available: 1.9.4-r6
Latest version installed: 1.9.4-r6
Size of downloaded files: 197 kB
Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/
Description: Base layout for Gentoo Linux (incl. initscripts and
sysvinit)
License: GPL-2
It all depends on whether you are given a static address by Orcon or whether
they use dhcp to set your address and routing up.
Yes I was fortunate to get a static IP address from Orcon (that window of
opportunity only lasted about a week before Telecom changed the rules)
