On 6/25/05, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Which way you choose depends on how easy or comfortable you want to > arrange your setup. Normally when connecting with you ISP he will > transmit the DNS information during the handshaking. When connecting > with Fedora this information can be used dynamically by the PEERDNS=yes > if ifcfg-ppp0 for instance. This way /etc/resolv.conf will be populated > each time a connection is established. > The trivial method now is to place these 2 DNS IP addresses into the > TCP/IP settings for the client host(s) behind the gateway. That can lead > to a problem when the ISP changes his DNS server IPs so that the used > ones on the clients get obsolete. > A more advanced setup is to use squid as a caching proxy and to make it > transparent for the client(s) by using iptables and redirecting port 80 > traffic through squid. A different approach is to setup a caching > nameserver on your Fedora gateway which then does the name resolving and > to use the gateway's IP as DNS address in the client's settings. > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp > Serendipity 21:11:21 up 4:03, 17 users, 0.00, 0.06, 0.11 > > > BodyID:89753093.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > My ISP provided me with a static IP, so I think that the first solution seems better suited to my experience level and my relationship with the ISP. Most of what you said was very foreign to me, so I feel that I will be learning a lot this week. > Normally when connecting with you ISP he will > transmit the DNS information during the handshaking. When connecting > with Fedora this information can be used dynamically by the PEERDNS=yes > if ifcfg-ppp0 for instance. This way /etc/resolv.conf will be populated > each time a connection is established. I understand that this is not automatic? Will I need to write a bash script? I know a little php, so I could learn a little bash. What file should I parse for this information? Or am I stumbling in the competely wrong direction? > The trivial method now is to place these 2 DNS IP addresses into the > TCP/IP settings for the client host(s) behind the gateway. So I should write to the file that contains the TCP/IP settings? Er, which file is that? Dotan http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/377/nine_inch_nails.php Nine Inch Nails Lyrics
