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Re: Is there a networking guru in the room?

To: independence-l@independence.seul.org
Subject: Re: Is there a networking guru in the room?
From: JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 08:50:44 +0200
Delivery-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 14:51:45 -0400
In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910051319440.15627-100000@ultra208.unl.edu.ar>(message from Roberto Alsina on Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:20:24 +0300 (GMT))
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> 
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, JF Martinez wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I have seen that Suse uses wvdialconf for PPP config but in addition
> > it uses some closed source black magic who allows them to guess the
> > DNS used by the ISP without any user input.  And it works.  How is
> > that possible?  It must be related to DHCP but DHCP is not supposed to
> > work on seral lines.
> 
> AFAIK pppd can provide the DNS configuration to the client side.
> Most any ISP should do that by defect.
> 

You are right.  It is on ppp's man page.  Now because we know the
protocaol (through the sources of pppd) it should be possible to write
a program retrieving the info.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org

References:
- Re: Is there a networking guru in the room?
  - From: Roberto Alsina <ralsina@unl.edu.ar>

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