Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:16:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user PPP and BIND Message-ID: <199706291916.UAA02578@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 29 Jun 1997 14:49:41 %2B0200." <199706291249.OAA01756@thor.wnet>
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> Hi,
>
> i have some trouble with user PPP (dial on demand) and BIND (named)
> on a 2.2.1 box.
>
> I am going to run my own nameserver for a local network.
> Another reason is, that sendmail complains the dynamic IP-address
> I've got from my provider after a connect.
> Running the nameserver helps a lot, sendmail now gets a hostname
> for the IP address without redialing to the provider.
>
> In my host.conf file i have:
> hosts
> bind
>
> My resolv.conf looks like:
> nameserver my_ip_address
> nameserver my_providers_ip_address
>
> When booting, the system 'hangs' for a long time after the network
> devices have been configured. It not really hangs, it tries to resolv
> the addresses of the static routes. (route thor.wnet localhost etc.)
> I thought that it should use the hosts file instead, because named is
> not running at that early time.
> The only way to bring it to normal behavior is to comment out my own
> nameserver from resolv.conf.
>
> What is wrong ?
Experiment with your entries in /etc/hosts - you may need to put a
'.' at the end of the name, so for example, if I am x.y.z, on IP
i.i.i.i, I'd need
i.i.i.i x.y.z. x.
i.i.i.i x.y.z x
Having said that, you're better off always using IP numbers in
rc.conf - never names.
> Thanks,
> Henning
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Henning Wickhorst
> Elmshorn, Germany E-Mail: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de
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