Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:47:11 -0700 From: tbeaucha@gladstone.uoregon.edu To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -auto is trigger-happy Message-ID: <19990928234711.C441@agent00ds.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9909290924090.5295-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz>; from Jonathan Chen on Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:25:48AM %2B1200 References: <37F07156.903184DE@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9909290924090.5295-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
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On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:25:48AM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Richard Morte wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone help explain why ppp in -auto -alias mode dials out as soon > > as I click in the location field in Netscape? Do I need to set up IP > > filtering? Without some sort of filtering or additional configuration I > > don't seem to be able to browse documents on the local machine without > > accessing the modem. > > Netscape does a DNS lookup the very first chance it gets. This will > cause a dialout, unless you've blocked DNS from activating a callout. > I'm having the same problems. In fact, even starting the enlightenment config program causes ppp -auto to dial up. Same thing when sending mail from within mutt. Even though I have told sendmail to queue messages (sendmail -0 DeliveryMode=d -O HoldExpensive). Actually what it does is dial up, then stick them in the queue without delivering them. I assume that these are also caused because of DNS lookups. So anyway, I'd really like to be disable DNS lookups from causing ppp -auto to dial. How can I do this? I assume that I want to re-enable DNS in ppp.linkup. Thanks a ton, Tiller To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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