-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote:
> When dialing up to an ISP with a windows machine, DNS servers are > assigned. > > When using "pppd call provider" on a debian box (or any linux box) a > connection is made, but no DNS servers are automatically found. > > Why is this? Why do i have to manually put in DNS servers in my > resolv.conf file when windows box automatically find those values? > > I'm sure there is something that i'm missing here, so please fill me > in. :) If you have a pppd version > 2.3.6 (slink has only 2.3.5, potato has 2.3.9), look into the usepeerdns option. Also look into pppconfig, which will help you configure everything. At the least, steal the /etc/ppp/ip-*.d/0dns-* and /etc/init.d/dns-clean scripts for use with usepeerdns. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN+btI77M/9WKZLW5AQH0QAP/Xtqzvv3aKwhcjVuVI4NnjRMuRvDcCvVu h+Rvz87Jk4TAXIeFxNPEDL1lZ+50Hh21yN9qMzal1NwVwS4IJs1lHMmu5qv7v6HQ AithCBQhbwmRx6ouCbDygaxSxJvCUWvTIHMYH3sz7XcP7HAnNnY0/E1JhfaBxZYU ttUpD/zQ9+8= =8h5o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
