Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 01:21:48 -0800 From: Brent Kearney <brent@kearneys.ca> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Need Networking Help Message-ID: <20000320012148.E60597@kearneys.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 10:11:18PM +0000, Sandip Srivastava wrote: > I have a stand-alone system that connects only occasionally to the > internet via a dial-up ppp connection. The ISP that I connect to > dynamically assigns my system an IP address and a FQDN. I assume that you want DNS for a local LAN or something? There is a section in O'Reilly's book, "DNS and BIND" on dial-on-demand DNS server /router. They basically warn to configure your resolvers to use a minimal search list, i.e., search your local domain first - otherwise your dial-on-demand router ends up bringing the connection "up and down like a yo-yo". I think there is information in the handbook on configuring ppp for dial-on-demand. As for DNS, I recomend O'Reilly's book, but there is probably a wealth of information available online as well. Other posters to the list have answered your FQDN question, so I won't. -Brent [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: LpnTOLJ39ZefcEHQ5cCM6ZCl86TlRaKd iQA/AwUBONXtq/5LgQMksPsjEQJ3IgCgz1G/N3R0rRH6oTMeBxeUFKD6vH8AoOjP khJJzEmUzRiDVtdJVI+NSbB9 =hGml -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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