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Re: Problem with dhcpd/ip_masq



Al Youngwerth wrote:
> 
> At 05:30 PM 10/19/97 +0200, Michael Legart wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >I have a little problem with ip_masq.
> >
> >It's allmost working ... clients on the network can access hosts outside
> >the LAN if they type the hosts ip instead of the domainname. I can access
> >hosts via. domainnames from my linux box. I use dhcpd to send info about
> >ip-number, default gateway, netmask etc. to the clients, because it's just
> >a temporary lan (for a weekend) and therefor I don't wan't to spend hours
> >setting up 100 machines...
> >
> >There's a program in win95 called winipcfg, which shows what the computer
> >have recived from a dhcp server. BUT in the field which should be showing
> >193.162.146.9 (a dns server) is just empty...
> >
> >What could be wrong with my config?
> >Maybe I should post some of my dhcpd.conf?
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> 
> You need a line like this in your dhcpd.conf file:
> 
> option domain-name-servers      192.168.2.1, 205.162.184.2, 205.162.184.3;
> 
> Also, you must have DNS enabled in the Win95 TCP/IP control panel.
> 

Actually no, you don't have to have DNS enabled. You enable it if you
already know the address and are going to type it in. Seems
bass-ackwards but it's true.

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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