Hugh Brock on Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:28:50 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [Plug] pppd and auto DNS


Joshua Mazess wrote:
> 
> The problem is that one of my "ISP"'s is a protected, firewalled network with DNS
> servers in a demilitarized zone, which can only be used while connected to that
> provider. I have to use one set of DNS servers for my regular ISP and another set
> for the protected network. And again, I don't want to change resolv.conf files each
> time I dial up. Windows can handle dynamic DNS without any problem. Why not Linux?

I may have missed something earlier, but why not just specify *all* the
nameservers in resolv.conf? The resolver will just run through them
until it finds one it can reach.

--Hugh

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