Re: modem / pon / serial problems

[Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk>]

On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:17:51AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:05:36AM +0000, Pigeon wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 06:19:36PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > > Install DNS caching software on the gateway (the modem box).  Have all
> > > internal machines use the gateway as their nameserver (use a static
> > > resolv.conf).  You can use BIND as a caching only nameserver, and of
> > > course there are other choices like dnsmasq, maradns, pdnsd, and DJB's
> > > dnscache.
> > 
> > dnsmasq does the trick, is dead easy to get running and would have
> > taken me a lot longer to find without this message.
> 
> In that case, let me introduce you to the "apt-cache" command, from
> the "apt" package (IOW you almost certainly have it installed).  Try
> this:
> 
>   apt-cache search dns
> 
> Cool, eh?  apt-cache requires no special permissions and can do all
> sorts of cool things.  I find that I use "search", "show", and
> "showpkg" quite frequently.  Note that the search term is a real
> regex, not a glob.
> 
> I used the results of the above command when I composed my earlier
> reply; it took me a minute or so to vgrep the output.

Cool indeed! I am rather new to the wonders of apt, having only
recently upgraded to woody from a slink installation which was so out
of date that trying to apt-get anything would have resulted in
downloading most of woody via dialup. Now I can use it safely, I
understand why everyone raves about it.

Thanks,
Pigeon