Re: tlug: Eth problem

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:

    Scott> On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Rafael Coninck Teigao wrote:
    >> Totoro wrote:
    >> 
    >> > What do you get when you run "ifconfig"? It sounds like you
    >> don't > have a nameserver correctly configured.  >
    >> 
    >> In running each machine with a fake address (192.168.1.1 and
    >> 192.168.1.2) and broadcast 192.168.1.255, for the mask
    >> 255.255.255.0. My dns is the first IP (192.168.1.1) and on the
    >> hosts it has both machines (rapido - 192.168.1.1, and lento -
    >> 192.168.1.2). For resolv.conf I have the dns that I uses on
    >> internet (my ISP) and localhost.

    Scott> in what order?  Put localhost first or it'll timeout trying
    Scott> to access the one on the internet which also obviously
    Scott> doesn't know about 192.168.x.x addresses, as that's a
    Scott> reserved private subnet.

Not quite.  If it times out, it retries the next DNS server; it's just
slow.  The problem is that the ISP says "Authoritative answer: that
address doesn't exist", so resolver gives up.

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