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Date:      Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:22:39 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Gunter Loos - System Administrator <Gullist@ngonet.be>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: PPP and DNS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.961127071943.1605B-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961126160128.0068afc8@gatekeeper>

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On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Gunter Loos - System Administrator wrote:

> I'm having a lot of problems again with my ppp-connections.
> I run named, and kernel ppp on my FreeBSD 2.0.5 box. For some 
> reason or another, (as far as I can remember I only updated a
> new www-host in my domain) dns doesn't work over the ppp-link anymore.
> The client (mostly win95) just asks, politely, in the right way, but
> there comes no answer from the server. 

named with 2.0.5 will use the primary IP address to send replies.  If the 
IP address of the FreeBSD end of the ppp link is not listed as an A 
record for your nameserver, then the Win95 box could be ignoring the 
replies it gets.  Solutions: list all possible IP addresses as A records, 
but then if an interface goes down, some queries won't get throught; or 
use the ed0 address on ppp interfaces (easiest).  But really, you should 
upgrade to 2.1.6 (or hang out for a week and go for 2.1.6.1).

Danny



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