From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 10 08:44:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24168 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:44:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from symbion.srrc.usda.gov ([199.78.118.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA24095 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:44:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glenn@nola.srrc.usda.gov) Received: from symbion.srrc.usda.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by symbion.srrc.usda.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29669 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:38:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from glenn@symbion.srrc.usda.gov) Message-Id: <199803101638.KAA29669@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Glenn Johnson Subject: ppp -auto and caching nameserver Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:38:12 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have ppp setup to dial on demand using the -auto option. I set up a caching only nameserver and all is well when the ppp connection is up. However, once an IP address is stored in cache and if the ppp connection is down, any service requests (ftp, pop3, etc.) to a cached IP address will timeout. It will go fine if the connection is already up. I did not see this without the caching only nameserver so my theory is that if a DNS lookup does not trigger a dial out then the service connection will timeout. I realize that this is hard to explain so I hope the above makes sense. Is there a way to have a cahing only nameserver and dial on demand without getting service connection timeouts? Thanks. -- Glenn Johnson Technician USDA-ARS-SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard FAX: (504) 286-4217 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message