Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 01:46:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: Jason Lixfeld <carrera@idirect.com>, bsdi-users <bsdi-users@bsdi.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, info-bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: rc file discrepency Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961024014249.18008A-100000@dreamlabs.dreaming.org> In-Reply-To: <199610240114.SAA25988@MindBender.serv.net>
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On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > >I have FreeBSD 2.1.5 on my machine with only a dialup connection (Lame, > >I know!) > > Lots of people run machines like this... > > >Since it is a dynamic IP, I'm looking to streamline my > >configuration for the best results considering my dialup predicament. > >I'm not sure wether to run routed, or gated, > > Don't run either. You don't need to do anything with routes, if > you're using ppp. Just let ppp install the default route for you when > it brings up a connection. > > >whether or not to use > >resolf.conf or named or both, or wether I should setup my machine as a > >DNS to see if that will make it hum. > > I run a mostly cache-only DNS (it actually thinks it's authoritative > for my machines, but I have my own IP#s and domain names). > > You don't *need* to do this, though. And running DNS isn't the > simplest thing to learn. > > You want to put your machine's IP# (and any other close machines, > which you know won't change IP#s) into /etc/hosts. You want to put > your ISPs nameservers into /etc/resolv.conf. If you run local DNS, > put that in there, too, as the first entry. Just a note that in the /etc/resolv.conf, make sure that if you are running a local nameserver, even just a caching one, the line required in the nameserver line for it must be an IP address that is present at bootup. Therefore, if you have not set an ifconfic/route pair for your ppp connection in the /etc/syslog.conf, use 127.0.0.1 which should work fine. thus, on my dad's machine, nightmare.dreaming.org: #/etc/resolv.conf domain dreaming.org nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 207.107.8.200 # dreamlabs main name server -Mit Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe The DreamLabs Network http://www.dreaming.org (905)725-9139
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