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Re: Linux and 135
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Alex Shnitman wrote:
> I find 128.139.6.1 (relay.huji.ac.il, the top NS for .il) and
> 128.139.4.3 (control.huji.ac.il, its backup DNS) to be accessible and
> adequately fast from any provider.
i beleive it is bad practice to piggyback on some random DNS server, and
especially back to suggest its address to others. you ought to use the DNS
server of the system from which you get the network service, not from some
random third-party. this is both better for you (faster lookups) and for
that third-party (i.e. less abusive).
now, the settings negotiated in during a PPP connection setup usually
include the DNS server's name as well. i know this works with win95
clients, and i'd be surprised if it's not supported by linux's pppd.
perhaps someone has an idea? maybe enabling verbose log for pppd durring
connecting might help.
guy