On Monday 05 November 2001 08:50, Colin McKinnon wrote: > At 09:30 04/11/01 +0000, James Webster wrote: > >I've got a small home network of 3 desktop machines and an occasional > > laptop. Until now, I've used the hosts file for name resolution. Just > > out of interest, I thought I would try to set up DNS/bind instead. (What > > is it about Linux users that we can't let things be?) After some > > problems I've finally got DNS/bind to work for the machines on the home > > network. However, name resolution doesn't work at all when I'm on-line > > and connected to my ISP. Any suggestions? > > Sorry if this is obvious.... but you did configure the root nameservers > when you setup your installation? What do you mean name resolution doesn't > work? Local names? Internet names?
Sorry not to be clear. Local names aren't resolved when ppp to my ISP is up. Internet names are handled fine -- but I guess this is being done by my ISP's nameservers. I'm currently investigating the parameters of the scripts which bring up the interface. I don't use kppp but perhaps Debian's pon works similarly. -- James Webster -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
