Re: Need help wiht diald and ethertap
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 06:14:34PM -0500, Donald R. Spoon wrote:
> Paul E Condon wrote:
> >I am working on cleaning up my system (Woody rev0). One annoying
> >feature of the current setup is a long delay when I start a telnet
> >session connecting from one machine to another on my internal LAN.
> >
> >I am using diald to bring up a ppp connection to the outside
> >world. When diald is stopped, telnet brings up its login prompt almost
> >immediately. But when diald is running, telnet waits while a ppp
> >connection is established (about 30 sec), and then asks for user name
> >and password. I'm sure this behavior is new with Woody, but can't
> >prove it. I would like to try reverting to having diald use SLIP
> >rather than ethertap. How do I expunge ethertap? and get a fresh
> >install of diald to test this theory?
> >
> >Of course, if you have already discovered this situation and know how
> >to fix it, that is really what I would prefer to know.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >
>
> Many moons ago, before diald had the ethertap capability, I had this
> problem. The cause was diald deciding that it needed to do a DNS lookup
> and it kicked off the dialer for a connect to my listed nameservers at
> my ISP. If I recall correctly, I fixed the problem by using the
> "search" option in /etc/resolv.conf, i.e. "search <local lan domain>,
> <ISP domain>. What I am not sure of, is if this requires a locan
> name-server or not. I "think" all it required was having my /etc/hosts
> file populated with entries for all my LAN computers, but it has been
> several years and my memory isn't what it used to be... MAN resolv.conf
> might give more useful info.
>
> HTH in pointing you towards a fruitful avenue of investigation...
>
Thanks for the suggestion, but my tests were conducted with dotted
quad IP numbers for the target host. There could be no need for a DNS
lookup.
But sometimes pure reason leads to pure garbage.
Thanks, anyway.
Paul
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@quiknet.com
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