On 01/10/02 19:56 +0530, Rahul Saxena wrote: > Hi there, > > I am using redhat 7.2 with a dialup connection. > my resolv.conf looks like this... when i set it. > > nameserver 202.54.1.30 > nameserver 202.54.1.18 > search . You are trying to use authoritative nameservers here. > however sometime after getting connected the addresses of the name serververs > change to > > nameserver 203.197.12.30 > nameserver 202.54.1.72 > search . This is what was sent by your ISP, since your connecting utility enables the use of the usepeerdns option to pppd.
> why is this .. arnt the original servers working ? and i have a problem with > some websites while connected to VSNL generall in the past few days ! Load balancing, VSNL wants users not to use its authoritative nameservers for recursive queries. > also what does the "." mean , the one after search ? The term after the search is the default domain to search for partial names. A partial name is one that does not end with a . Philip had posted a mail on this a few days earlier. If you had given search com. in /etc/resolv.conf, typing hotmail in the browser would enable a lookup of hotmail. followed by hotmail.com. search vsnl.com means that if you type www.hotmail.com in the browser, it will look for www.hotmail.com.vsnl.com also. OTOH, www.hotmail.com. is an absolute lookup Devdas Bhagat _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
