Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-09 Thread Nitebirdz
Jan, The first IP address worked fine for me. I did not try the second one though. You can give it a try yourself. Go to the command prompt, and enter this: nslookup [ENTER] server 193.189.224.2 [ENTER] www.yahoo.com [ENTER] The abovementioned DNS server (193.189.224.2) will

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-08 Thread Joe Block
John Hasler wrote: > > I have been configuring my resolv.conf for DNS servers that do not belong > > to my ISP all the time. > > This will work, but it is a bit discourteous to use servers you aren't > helping pay for. > > Finally, you can always run your own basic nameserver on your computer to

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread John Hasler
Nitebirdz writes: > As far as I know, DNS servers are public. Not always, though public ones will always work. > I have been configuring my resolv.conf for DNS servers that do not belong > to my ISP all the time. This will work, but it is a bit discourteous to use servers you aren't helping pay

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread Jan Ludewig
On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 09:13:14AM -0600, Nitebirdz wrote: > Salman, > > As far as I know, DNS servers are public. In other words, you can > contact them to resolve domains no matter which ISP you are connecting > with. I have been configuring my resolv.conf for DNS servers that do not unf

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread Nitebirdz
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Phil Brutsche wrote: > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > I am currently in the process of evaluating a new ISP. The problem I am > > having is with the nameserver settings in /etc/resolv.conf. > > Ok. > > > Currently there are two entries in

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread Nitebirdz
Salman, As far as I know, DNS servers are public. In other words, you can contact them to resolve domains no matter which ISP you are connecting with. I have been configuring my resolv.conf for DNS servers that do not belong to my ISP all the time. To be more precise, depending on the n

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Eric G . Miller writes: > Before filing a bug, make sure one of the two ISP configurations is named > "provider". That would not cause a segfault. If it did it would still be a bug. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 10:38:11PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Salman Ahmed writes: > > /usr/bin/pon: line 2: 1890 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/pppd call > > ${1:-provider} > > Exit 139 > > You should file a bug against ppp. Before filing a bug, make sure one of the two ISP configurations is

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread aphro
you can add the other ips, i think you can have a max of 4. but unless the isps are controlling access to their DNS (most don't for normal queries) there's no need to add the other ips if your just using as a temp measure. nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Salman Ahmed writes: > /usr/bin/pon: line 2: 1890 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/pppd call > ${1:-provider} > Exit 139 You should file a bug against ppp. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Salman Ahmed writes: > Should I just add the nameserver entries for the new ISP to this > /etc/resolv.conf file ? Will it take longer for hostnames to be resolved > since there are now 4 entries in the /etc/resolv.conf but only two of > them are "valid" depending on which ISP I am connecting to/fro

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I am currently in the process of evaluating a new ISP. The problem I am > having is with the nameserver settings in /etc/resolv.conf. Ok. > Currently there are two entries in /etc/resolv.conf for my present ISP > (Interlog). > > Shoul