Thanks Lee, I commented out... ;)) > One thing that I have noticed is that these routers that offer > everything... dns, dhcp, firewall, etc ( mine's an Alcatel Speedtouch > 510 ),
None of that sort of, uhhm, stuff, in my case. My desktop box -> iptables box -> cable modem -> whatever -> Paradise DNS. > I'd build yourself a local dns server, plug it on the side of your > workstation. It's only a small learning curve... actually pretty logical > for a change. Is this any different to running bind on the workstation and putting 127.0.0.1 into /etc/resolv.conf? The learning curve amounts to a few buttons in yast. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
