On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Ian Blackwell <ian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > If your ADSL modem can act as a DNS server, then you can point IPCop to that > for DNS, but you can't point IPCop to itself (127.0.0.1) because it is only > a proxy - not a full DNS server. In my view, for DNS your IPCop box should > be directed to:- > 1) your ISP's DNS servers; or > 2) public DNS servers; or > 3) your ADSL modem which is using either of the above. > > As I've already mentioned in other replies on this topic, my IPCop server > uses my ISP for DNS requests. This means my ADSL modem is bypassed for DNS > queries, but I'm not even sure if it could respond to DNS queries. Ian: This is from the web interface of our ZTE ADSL Modem: DNS Server Configuration If Enable Automatic Assigned DNS checkbox is selected, this router will accept the first received DNS assignment from the PPPoA, PPPoE or MER/DHCP enabled PVC(s) during the connection establishment. If the checkbox is not selected, enter the primary and optional secondary DNS server IP addresses. Click "Apply" to save it. NOTE: If changing from unselected Automatic Assigned DNS to selected Automatic Assigned DNS, you must reboot the router to get the automatic assigned DNS addresses. Enable Automatic Assigned DNS Primary DNS server: Last night, I put the IP addresses for the 2 DNS Servers at opendns.com there. Question: The next time I connect our Backup IPCop box, should I put the 2 IP addresses for opendns.com there, or, the IP of our ADSL Modem? Which will be faster? If I understand, you have the IP addresses in your IPCop box and that bypasses your ADSL Modem. TIA, Lanny _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos