Re: ppp and new users
hilliard@metrolink.net (Bob Hilliard) wrote on 25.03.98 in <[🔎] m0yHsup-000inqC@bobspc>:
> John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> > Ok, as long as you promise it won't get me in trouble :) I will
> > eventually have to figure out what to do for users who have multiple
> > providers and want to use different nameservers for each. For now,
> > though, I'll just try to get them on the air.
>
> One solution is to just list the nameserver(s) from the primary
> ISP in resolv.conf. Nameservers are, AFAIK, open to the net. Some
> years ago I suspected that my ISP here in Florida had unreliable
> nameservers, so at my son's suggestion I added a nameserver from the
> University of Virginia to my/etc/resolv.conf. This is not a clean
> solution, and the ISP might not appreciate additional traffic on his
> nameserver. On the other hand, if the traffic isn't heavy it probably
> wouldn't make any difference.
Or simply don't make your bind do forwarding, instead doing the resolving
directly. All this does, is not use any information your ISPs nameserver
has already cached.
MfG Kai
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