Re: tlug: Eth problem

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "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.

well, my solution is probably correct, even if my analysis isn't (quite)
:).  I think I actually realized this after I sent it, but.. too late.

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