Re: DNS for small network with internet connection

[David Fokkema <dfokkema@ileos.nl>]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 12:39:51PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:53:33PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> 
> > Currently, I use dhcp and dnsmasq to serve my local LAN. Very, very
> > easy to set up and it works as a charm. I use dhcp-client to acquire
> > an IP addres for the internet, which then rewrites /etc/resolv.conf to
> > incorporate the name servers for the internet.
> > 
> > My problem is that my server has no idea what the internal LAN is all
> > about: its nameservers are the ones provided by my ISP. If I add my
> > local dns server (dnsmasq) to /etc/resolv.conf, it is overwritten the
> > next time the lease is renewed. Telling dhclient.conf to _not_ write
> > to /etc/resolv.conf will not update my nameservers for the internet,
> > so there must be another way, I think.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Tried reading the man page?  Specifically the man page for the config
> file:
> 
>    man dhclient.conf
> 
> Then specifically, the section:
> 
>    OPTION MODIFIERS

<ashamed>

I feel stupid. I _have_ read the manpage, of course, but I missed the
importance _and_ usefullness of this section. I'm going to work it out
right away...

Thanks!

David

</ashamed>