From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 14: 2:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hecky.it.northwestern.edu (hecky.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.16.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2212237B503 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:02:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by hecky.it.northwestern.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA26996; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:02:01 -0600 (CST) Received: from confusion.net (dhcp089069.res-hall.nwu.edu [199.74.89.69]) by hecky.acns.nwu.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma026321; Mon, 19 Feb 01 16:01:19 -0600 Message-ID: <3A9197D9.3219CCA@confusion.net> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:02:01 -0600 From: Laurence Berland X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: postroad@mediaone.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what do I need so FreeBSD submits DNS requests to my ISP References: <3A8B79E6.9FC08A4C@mediaone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG see /etc/resolv.conf Sir wrote: > > FreeBSD 4.1 stable on an intel PII. > > The network config is actualy very well connected. I can do anything by > IP address(i.e ping,ftp etc) and I am serving www with apache and ftp > with wu. However, the system doesn't seem to know where to direct dns > requests. So, if I say "#ftp secureftp.wheriwork.com" it replies "No > address associated with hostaname". I looked into "bind" but was put off > by the complexity and the possibility of "tweeking" my ISP by > accidentaly becoming the name server for a domain I don't own. (although > I do own masspostroad.net). Any help greatly appreciated. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland Intern, Flooz.com Northwestern '04 stuyman@confusion.net http://www.isp.northwestern.edu/~laurence "The world has turned and left me here" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message