On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> yes, I think in my original email I sugegsted that. Just be be clear
> though, on each machine (windows and linux) he should
>
> 1. put the name/ip pairs of all machines on his LAN in the
> "hosts" file. This is /etc/hosts for linux, and somewhere under the
> windows dir for windows (use the find feature and make sure you don't edit
> the hosts.sam file, but just "hosts")
>
> 2. put his ISP's DNS servers in the appropriate places - /etc/resolve.conf
> for linux and in the DNS entries under networking/tcp/ip settings for your
> ethernet adapter under windows.
>
> And yes, the PCs use the linux box's IP as their gateway.
>
Yep. The only reason I said anything was he was proposing to set up
his own dns server. In my opinion (which is worth less than the paper
it's written on <G>) you should only set up a DNS server if you
plan on running a domain off your machines, and even then, see if you
can get your DNS hosted by someone else, due to the increasing
fondness for attacking DNS servers! :-(
John
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