[lug] Problem configuring DNS

[Brian Ketelsen]

Just out of curiousity, why not use the NAT that is built into the 675
instead of replicating it on your linux box?



----- Original Message -----
From: Rob <rosterburg at uswest.net>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 4:52 PM
Subject: [lug] Problem configuring DNS


> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble configuring DNS on a RedHat 6.1 box that I'm
> hoping one day soon will be an ip-masquerading gateway for my
> home network.
>
> Although I can ping other hosts on my network using either their
> hostname or IP address, but I can only ping remote hosts by their
> IP address.
>
> I have RADSL service from USWest with a dynamically assigned IP
> address.  As for hardware, I using a Cisco 675 that is in routing (not
> bridging) mode.
>
> The contents of /etc/resolve.conf are:
> domain uswest.net
> nameserver 206.196.128.1
> nameserver 206.147.80.1
>
> The contents of /etc/sysconf/network are:
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4=yes
> HOSTNAME=lenticular.mydomain
> DOMAINNAME=mydomain
> GATEWAY=10.0.0.1
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
>
> and the contents of /etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 are:
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> ONBOOT=yes
> IPADDR=10.0.0.2
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> USERCTL=no
>
> The questions I have are:
> * Under what circumstances can the domain names used in
> resolv.conf and network differ, or does this even matter.
>
> * Would it be better to use "dhcp" as my boot protocol for eth0?
>
> Thanks, Rob
> Rob Osterburg
> rosterburg at uswest.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
> Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug