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RE: [LI] Dynamic DNS?
Hi
Then try using VSNL DNS as somebody suggested on the list. Looks like the
only worth alternative left. Maybe after few days I can send you ETH DNS.
Mail personally.
HTH
Bye
Shridhar
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Rajkumar Andrews wrote:
> ******* This posting is horribly long so those who are NOT interested please
> send me a personal email. If there is some sense I will post a condensed
> version for the benefit of others on the list. ********
>
> a) Authentication is terminal based. Others forms of authentication do not
> work. Mantra assumes that everybody is using Win95 or 98 or NT!!
> b) There is really no error. /var/log/messages reports that the connection is
> valid. When I have inactivity on the modem I tried pinging my own ISP's
> host(mantraonline) and it gives 30% packet loss. Other hosts (like
> linux-india.org or hotmail or freshmeat) gives 100% packet loss! The modem
> remains connected but there is no activity; Netscape status bar shows stall.
> I can't waste precious rupees waiting for eternity, you know.
>
> I did read the PPP, DNS, and other howto's before I posted this email. Linux
> does support dynamic hosts. What I am confused about is the logic behind the
> nameserver part. If I am connected to mantraonline then the DNS on that
> server ought to handle name serving, routing etc. (via VSNL, of course). What
> I am concerned about is that if these guys are plugging in servers manually
> (or some such hardware glitch) then obviously we would stall. This used to
> happen in the early days of VSNL too. Mantra is using Unix (they don't want
> to tell me which version, flavour), BTW, so my reaction is that this is a
> human introduced problem. If we can solve it I wouldn't mind telling Mantra
> how to solve it!! THAT is the whole exercise of Open Source Software.
>
> With all these problems I couldn't access the archives on linux-india so
> forgive me if I am trying the patience of you folks.
>
> RKA
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