Re: managing multiple ISPs
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:aphro@aphroland.org ]--
Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/
Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/
Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/
Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/
Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/
-----------------------------------------[mailto:aphro@netquest.net ]--
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Currently there are two entries in /etc/resolv.conf for my present ISP
> (Interlog).
>
> 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/from ??
>
> I am wondering if there are other people who have had to keep two (or more
> ISPs) and what other things they have had to configure, setup, etc. for the
> different ISPs ??
>
> On a related note: I am using XEmacs+VM as my mail reader. Is there any
> emacs package to handle multiple email profiles ? I need to switch between
> different smtp servers, different POP login IDs, and user/reply-to
> addresses and was wondering if either XEmacs or VM can somehow handle this
> for me ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS : What does the following message from /var/log/syslog mean:
>
> Remote message: upap: authenticated
> ^^^^
>
> What is upap ?? I thought the only authentication methods were PAP and CHAP
> for dialup ppp connections.
>
> --
> Salman Ahmed
> ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
>
Reply to: