Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:52:50 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@fernuni-hagen.de> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuring DNS on a machine connected temporary to the internet Message-ID: <20031226145250.GA94952@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <opr0sk6zogdmv4ke@mailstore.fernuni-hagen.de> References: <opr0sk6zogdmv4ke@mailstore.fernuni-hagen.de>
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On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 15:29 , Marc van Woerkom exclaimed "Las Cucarachas entran, Pero no puede en salir", and then rambled on saying with: > My machine is connected to the internet via an ISDN modem, using kernel > ppp and i4b. > If the link is up, it resolves symbolic names by asking some > nameserver. > If the link is down, it should just use /etc/hosts to > resolve "localhost" and the name of the second computer > attached to it by an ethernet link. > My problem is that if the ISDN link is down, even > a lookup of "localhost" doesn't work. > What do you recommend as configuration settings? > I seem to get stuck. Is the order in you /etc/host.conf file set to hosts bind Are the names in you /etc/hosts file correct. IP first then FQDN followed by short name. You didn't give details that they are this way. -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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