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Brian Durant wrote:
This is very clear and concise. This should have been in the manual! One thing I don't understand is the relationship between DNZ and DHCP in SuSE.
DHCP is a way to dynamically assign all the variables needed to connect to a network, such as IP, netmask, gateway, etc. DNS is the service that translates names that makes sense to people, to IP numbers that make sense to computers. The protocol and service doesn't vary between SuSE and anyone else on the internet. ;-) Maybe the programs used do, but that is the freedom of Linux, standards compliant software that works everywhere.
In my case, I am using SuSE 7.3 on a dual boot (with Win 2k) and am connected to a LinkSys router and a cable modem. In otherwords, I have both a WAN and a LAN. The LAN is made up of 3 Win 98 SE computers. <snip> The crux of the problem seems to be the mix between DHCP and DNS that is forced on me by the configuration parameters for getting an Internet connection, but what to correct, I am unsure. Any ideas?
First, that is not your problem. I have DHCP supplied parameters for my cable modem. That affects my eth0, not eth1 which goes to my home network (Win98). If your problem is name resolution, add the IPs of your LAN to /etc/hosts AND /etc/lmhosts (this is for samba). HTH, but I am not exactly sure what your problem or question is. Also, as good list netiquette, you need not add several list members to your emails. This only gives them two messages, as they will get the one via the list. With all the scanning that I have seen going on lately, we need to conserve the bandwidth. :-) -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871