Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 17:05:51 -0700 From: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@antares.aero.org> To: Robert Burns <rjbproc@Vir.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iijppp auto & pine (fwd) Message-ID: <95Aug4.170619pdt.111119-1@aero.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Aug 1995 12:43:37 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.950804194240.321A-100000@zeta>
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> When I remove resolv.conf the problem goes away but causes DNS lookup > failures if I try to ftp to a remote site for instance. Any Ideas on how > to get around this? I don't know of one. Once you go with the DNS, the net had better be up; /etc/hosts will only be used as a fallback after the DNS lookup times out (i.e. if you just wait long enough things will proceed forward). This gives me fits because iijppp does the same thing; after the interface is marked "UP", killing and restarting iijppp becomes a total pain, because it does the selfsame thing. You either have to temporarily move resolv.conf out of the way and back again, or you have to wait out the DNS lookup timeout. Yuck. Mike O'Brien
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