Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-12 Thread Steven Pierce
Charles, Thank you for the info. Steven *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 8/8/2000 at 9:52 PM Charles Galpin wrote: >Hi Steven > >On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Steven Pierce wrote: > >> >> Charles, >> >> Thank you for this information. I am a little behind on my mail. So I did not get >>

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-10 Thread Roy Harrison
At 03:47 PM 08/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Roy Harrison wrote: > > > > check /etc/nsswitch.conf file. it has the order of lookup in there. > > > > Roy > >I thought that was only used for NIS? > > >Bret Nope... it can also cause long delays in logging on if it's not configured right. Roy __

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-10 Thread Bret Hughes
Roy Harrison wrote: > > check /etc/nsswitch.conf file. it has the order of lookup in there. > > Roy I thought that was only used for NIS? Bret ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-10 Thread Roy Harrison
At 01:18 PM 08/10/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Interesting, as that's what mine looks like too... > >Of course, I'm using my ISP's doamin rather than my own... Maybe that's the >problem, but I would think it woud pull them from my hosts file before it >went off looking for a DNS.. > >hermm... What's

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-10 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
> -Original Message- > From: Bret Hughes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 12:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Redhat and DSL > > "Burke, Thomas G." wrote: > > > I thought I had done this, already... Which fil

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-10 Thread Bret Hughes
"Burke, Thomas G." wrote: > I thought I had done this, already... Which files are they, I don't recall > now. /etc/host.conf here is what mine looks like order hosts,bind multi on you can add the ipaddresses for the machines on your local net in the /etc/hosts file the following format works

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-10 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
, 2000 4:36 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Redhat and DSL > > Sure! Change the order that your machine checks the names > set it to check files first, then dns. You should be able > to do this in a number of places, including Linuxconf. > &g

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-09 Thread Ward William E PHDN
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Redhat and DSL Sorry to come in late to this exchange... I ave no DNS installed on my machine. However, I am running an internal network 0n 192.168.68.x... These machines need to have names, so I chose names I new were unused on my ISP's net

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-09 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
easier to read. Any suggestions? > -Original Message- > From: Charles Galpin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Redhat and DSL > > Agreed. > > However, a "caching only" n

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-09 Thread Charles Galpin
Agreed. However, a "caching only" nameserver, only serving the internal interface can be a nice performance boost, and is safe. I had mentioned this originaly (along with a dhcpd server) as an enhancement, and was probably a bad idea to bring it up at that point :) Lets' hope he finds the time t

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-09 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, you wrote: > yes, I think in my original email I sugegsted that. Just be be clear > though, on each machine (windows and linux) he should > > 1. put the name/ip pairs of all machines on his LAN in the > "hosts" file. This is /etc/hosts for linux, and somewhere under the > win

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-09 Thread Charles Galpin
yes, I think in my original email I sugegsted that. Just be be clear though, on each machine (windows and linux) he should 1. put the name/ip pairs of all machines on his LAN in the "hosts" file. This is /etc/hosts for linux, and somewhere under the windows dir for windows (use the find feature a

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-09 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 08 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Charles, > > Thank you for this information. I am a little behind on my mail. So I did not get > to this until today. I am getting ready to do this next week. Wife gone all week, >so > I will have some more time Question... Can you put the DNS servers

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-08 Thread Charles Galpin
Hi Steven On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Steven Pierce wrote: > > Charles, > > Thank you for this information. I am a little behind on my mail. So I did not get > to this until today. I am getting ready to do this next week. Wife gone all week, >so > I will have some more time Question... Can

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-08-08 Thread Steven Pierce
Charles, Thank you for this information. I am a little behind on my mail. So I did not get to this until today. I am getting ready to do this next week. Wife gone all week, so I will have some more time Question... Can you put the DNS servers behind the firewall for protection?? Or is

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-07-25 Thread Charles Galpin
Hi Nigel You got several answers, all quite correct, but proabbly a bit high level. Let me try describe what everyone is suggesting the way I'd like it explained to me ;) She will want to configure her LAN as follows. Sorry, but my ascii art sucks internet | DSL router/modem

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-07-21 Thread Nigel Trivass
Thanks very much Jamin, I'll be in touch on Monday. -Original Message- From: Jamin Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 July 2000 15:09 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Redhat and DSL There are a few different ways to do what you are looking for. From my po

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-07-21 Thread Nigel Trivass
Thanks very much Bret - I'll give this a go on Monday. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 July 2000 15:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Redhat and DSL Nigel Trivass wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hoping someone can help me

RE: Redhat and DSL

2000-07-21 Thread Jamin Collins
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Redhat and DSL Importance: High Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me help a colleague in the US, with the setting up of a small networkusing the following: PC [win98], NT server, Redhat server,

Re: Redhat and DSL

2000-07-21 Thread Bret Hughes
Nigel Trivass wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hoping someone can help me help a colleague in the US, with the > setting up of a small networkusing the following: > > PC [win98], NT server, Redhat server, a hub, a router and DSL > > None of the above are currently networked together. > > We have purch

Redhat and DSL

2000-07-21 Thread Nigel Trivass
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me help a colleague in the US, with the setting up of a small networkusing the following: PC [win98], NT server, Redhat server, a hub, a router and DSL None of the above are currently networked together. We have purchased one fixed IP address from Flashn