Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:01:56 -0500 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: annoying Wireless DNS difficulties Message-ID: <200202200358.g1K3wR413405@serv1.wallnet.com>
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First I was using an Apple Airport Base Station, then I was (am) using an Oronico Residential Gateway... If I reboot my computer (from FreeBSD 4.2 through 4.5) and I have both the computer and the wireless base station configured to provide NAT + DHCP, the base station assigns an IP address and it's own DNS address of 10.0.1.1. The problem is, apparently, that under FreeBSD, no network names can be resolved using the basestation's (DNS) address. If I comment out, in the dhcpclient-script, the entries for make-resolv.conf, and enter my own "static" addresses for nameservers, there is apparently no problem and the DNS names resolve to their appropriate IP addresses --but I have to reboot and let the make-resolv.conf portion of dhcp fail of it's own accords. If I use the same basestation with NO hacked settings in MacOS or under Windows (2k) the DNS resolves as advertised. This behavior has beeen exhibited since Apple's base station 1.2 software and every version of Oronico's Residential Gateway (and Access Point) software I've tried. I await your expertise and pronouncements. Thanks, Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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