Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:42:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> To: Rino Mardo <rmardo@lycosmail.com> Cc: green <green@prokk.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hi Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104180839220.60328-100000@ns1.coastsight.com> In-Reply-To: <00bf01c0c7c7$3224dd70$2903010a@atg.altayer.com>
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Well, it does need to have some sort of DNS lookup suceed, or no DNS at all set up on the box. If you remove /etc/resolv.conf alltogether, you will be able to get in just fine when you aren't dialed in. However, then your box won't be able to resolve DNS at all. I am assuming that you will need to resolve DNS to some extent, and if you do, then you need to set it up. I personally use a null modem cable and connect the serial port of my FreeBSD box to my PC and use it as a com-console at 115200 baud. The downside to this is that I can only run 1 terminal. However, I don't have to have the DNS set up. Also, if my network card fails for some reason, I don't have to dig out my monitor and keyboard to regain access to my box. On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Rino Mardo wrote: > wow all this just to make logins go fast on one's lan? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Duvall" <maillist@coastsight.com> > To: "green" <green@prokk.net> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: hi > > > > That's because it it trying to do a DNS lookup on the IP address you are > > connecting from, and it waits until it fails. If set up BIND on your box, > > and point the nameserver argument in /etc/resolv.conf to the internal ip > > address of your box, set up your reverse IP and other IP, set it up as a > > caching DNS server, you should be good to go. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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