On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Rahul wrote:
> 1) Still not able to optimise my connection. How can i change the
> MTU setting at the time im connected to net, if not at the time im
> doing FTP/Telnet in LAN.
mtu n
in /etc/ppp/options sets the MTU value to n.
man pppd.
> message. Is there some setting required to start SMTP server on linux.
> What can be the problem ?
Install & configure qmail or sendmail.
Refer Mail-HOWTO
> 2) How can i set my machine as DNS server for the LAN, any pointers
> would be helpful.
Refer DNS-HOWTO
All howtos are at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/doc/howto/
- cnb.