Re: modem / pon / serial problems
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:05:36AM +0000, Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 06:19:36PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > Install DNS caching software on the gateway (the modem box). Have all
> > internal machines use the gateway as their nameserver (use a static
> > resolv.conf). You can use BIND as a caching only nameserver, and of
> > course there are other choices like dnsmasq, maradns, pdnsd, and DJB's
> > dnscache.
>
> dnsmasq does the trick, is dead easy to get running and would have
> taken me a lot longer to find without this message.
In that case, let me introduce you to the "apt-cache" command, from
the "apt" package (IOW you almost certainly have it installed). Try
this:
apt-cache search dns
Cool, eh? apt-cache requires no special permissions and can do all
sorts of cool things. I find that I use "search", "show", and
"showpkg" quite frequently. Note that the search term is a real
regex, not a glob.
I used the results of the above command when I composed my earlier
reply; it took me a minute or so to vgrep the output.
--
Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:nnorman@incanus.net
Whenever men attempt to suppress argument and free speech, we may
be sure that they know their cause to be a bad one.
-- R. G. Horton
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