John Nall <jnall01@alltel.net> wrote: >Thanks to some people on here I have managed to navigate the underbrush >(and trip over a few roots) and finally have Internet Connection Sharing >going on my home LAN. I can dial in to the ISP with one and then access >the Internet from all three. Which is what I wanted to do. > >However...one small query, since one thing is so ugly that it doesn't seem >like I should be doing it that way. And that has to do with the name >resolving by the PC's on the network which have to go through the gateway. > >Once I have dialed in to the ISP with the gateway system and connected, my >/etc/sysconfig/network file on that system magically shows two nameservers >for name resolving. They are apparently placed there as part of the >activation of ppp0. Well and good. Linux marches on. > >In order to make the other two systems work, however, I have to manually >place the same two IP addresses in their /etc/sysconfig/network file >also. It works, yes. But it is ugly, and it is hard to believe there is >not a better way to do it. (Also, if the ISP changes those, which I don't >know how stable they are, then I will have to change them also). > >Seems like if the gateway computer has the DNS addresses it could just pass >it on to its two buddies. > >John > > > >-- > Add the name server IPs to the /etc/resolv.conf file on each of the computers. Also see man resolv.conf __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
