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MediaOne/RR/AT&T cablemodemers alert



On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 05:04:25PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> 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.  

I agree!  That's what I do.

> Sounds like a medium-sized project I don't have the time or
> knowledge for right now though.

Nope... it's a tiny project.  Just make sure your server isn't
publically accessible if you can (so you don't have to deal with
bug-of-the-month patches for BIND), and install the caching-only
nameserver RPM (assuming RH of course).  IIRC, it "just works" without
additional config.  All you need to do then is point your other
systems at it.


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