Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 18:14:26 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Jason Lixfeld <carrera@idirect.com> Cc: bsdi-users <bsdi-users@bsdi.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, info-bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: rc file discrepency Message-ID: <199610240114.SAA25988@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 23 Oct 96 19:43:42 -0000. <326E756D.41C67EA6@idirect.com>
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>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.
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