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MediaOne/RR/AT&T cablemodemers alert



Setting up a caching-only nameserver requires you to:
	1) install the nameserver binary (this is easy under RedHat and Debian)
	2) run the nameserver
	3) set resolv.conf to point to 127.0.0.1

I would highly recommend you do this.

-derek

David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> writes:

> They just changed name server IP's.  Had me going crazy why I could find
> things from my server (which got the new numbers through DHCP), but my
> Windows box couldn't (which has the numbers hard-coded, and a rebood to
> change them).
> 
> I should probably set up a cacheing-only name server on my linux box to
> solve this problem.  Sounds like a medium-sized project I don't have the
> time or knowledge for right now though.
> 
> The new numbers are:
> 
> [david at kramer david]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search ne.mediaone.net mediaone.net
> nameserver 24.218.0.228
> nameserver 24.218.0.229
> nameserver 24.128.1.80
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> DDDD   David Kramer                   http://thekramers.net
> DK KD
> DKK D  You're just jealous because your company is not powered by
> DK KD  an Infinite Improbability Drive.
> DDDD
> 
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