Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:51:01 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Rob Snow <rsnow@txdirect.net>
To:        Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DNS client over PPP?!?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950812004820.7901B-100000@oasis>
In-Reply-To: <9508120425.AA00509@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 11 Aug 1995, Mark Smith wrote:

you can either put the names in your hosts file or for DNS lookups point 
you resolv.conf file at the nearest nameserver.  ie.

#################
/etc/resolv.conf
#################
domain	txdirect.net
nameserver	204.57.120.6

BTW, my nameserver is also on the other end of my ppp link.

> I just got my PPP connection to run using the PPP scripts in the ppp.FAQ
> file.  Only one problem, how do I set it up so I can use the remote
> server's DNS services so I can say "telnet name" instead of "telnet
> 111.111.111.111"?!?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Mark
> 
> -- 
> 
> =========================================================================
> UNIX IS user friendly, it's just very choosy about who it calls a friend!
> =========================================================================


---
Rob Snow
rsnow@txdirect.net




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.950812004820.7901B-100000>