Hey, geoff! In that case, would you need to download the DNS database? Can you just setup DNS without that database? Regards, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Shang" <gshang10@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 3:18 AM Subject: Re: IP masquerading in Linux > Hi Victor: > > The way I get around this is to run a local DNS server. Whilst this can be > a bit of a fiddle to set up, I find it well worth it. The other advantage > in running your own DNS server is that you can allocate names to your local > machines. Then if you have to change ISP and change which DNS server you > query, you only have to change it on the gateway host. > > Geoff. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup