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> I fucking hate windows. It's strong I know but they create confusion
> just because they think entering one more dialogue box is going
> to kill someone. DNS has nothing to do with the datalink or network
> layers.
There's a probably-Microsoft-originated extension to PPP defined by
RFC 1877 that allows a client to query the other end for DNS server
info. I know that Livin^h^h^h^h^hLucent Portmasters have supported
this for a long time. I don't know if pppd can do this, but it'd be a
gross hack to stuff it into the resolv.conf each time (yes, I know
that's been done before).
I avoid the issue and run a name server for my LAN and for a DNS
cache. Given that I'm stuck with a POTS line it cuts down lookup
latency nicely.
> Why not start up a nameserver server on the other end of
> the ptp link? Once the ppp link is up call the nameserver discovery client
> and be happy?
Portmasters act as a nameserver server, and I assume other NASes do too.
> > I want the system to figure out the DNS number without me manually
> > entering it anywhere. Internet Gateway tells me they don't have
> > to give the DNS number at all to Windows 95 users and there's no
> > problem.
>
> The only way to do that is to write a ms extension into pppd.
> Of course you need to know HOW to do that. I wish you luck.
RFC 1877. :-)
-- Toomas Losin ParaLynx Internet
New Westminster, BC