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- From: fugue@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (fugue)
- Subject: Re: AmiTCP 4.0/PPP DNS Problem. HELP!
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- Originator: fugue@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu
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- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:58:39 GMT
-
- In article <DovuFn.Iy9@midway.uchicago.edu>,
- fugue <fugue@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu> wrote:
- >Hi all...
- > I've been watching the group for a while hoping an answer to my question
- >would appear (as well as using DejaNews to check back in time...), but none
- >has to date, so I'll ask.
- >
- >First, a bit of tech setup info:
- >A1200, 50MHz 68030 w/MMU, 25MHz FPU, 8 fast, 2 chip, 1.2 gig SCSI, 14.4k modem.
- >AmiTCP 4.0 Demo
- >PPP Unregistered (the newest release, whatever version it is...)
-
- 1.45 I checked. :)
-
- >
- >Anyway...I used to run AmiTCP over a non-dynamically-assigned SLIP connection
- >(using cslip...I had a permanent IP), and everything worked absolutely fine.
- >
- >Now, the Powers That Be(TM) decided that my little pet IP should go away, so
- >I'm being forced to used a dial-up, dynamic PPP connection, which hangs up
- >every 3 hours. I installed PPP, and used one of the many dialer programs
- >out there (I'm at work now and can't recall the name, but it's very nice,
- >with an intuitive GUI and easy scripting...whichever it is, I love it).
- >
-
-
- SLIPCall...I checked again. :)
-
- >Anyhow, for some reason, there are several problems cropping up.
- >1) in ENV:, my .config file keeps changing back to my old one, even though
- > it no longer exists in ENVARC:, and none of my scripts touch it. I have
- > to hand-edit the thing each time.
- >
-
- Ok...I got this fixed by reinstalling everything. *sigh*
-
- >2) DNS is kaput. For some reason, the file in db: which is responsible for
- > assigning DNS names/addresses (again, I'm at work and blanking on the name)
- > keeps getting reset to default. I have to overwrite it from backup to get
- > it to work, and even then DNS sometimes refuses to work.
- >
-
-
- It's the resolv.conf. Something keeps backing it up (resolv.conf.backup), but
- every time I start from a warm-boot, my resolv.conf contains no domain names,
- and a nameserver address of 0.0.0.0.
- Additionally, when AmiTCP is first started, I'm not logged inm properly.
- I end up having to do it manually, then copy the resolv.conf.backup to
- resolv.conf, kill AmiTCP and SLIPCall, then restart SLIPCall. After that,
- everything's kosher. I just can't figure out what's causing it to do that.
-
-
- Any ideas?
-
-
- --
- ___"...and who by brave ascent? Who by accident? Who in solitude?
- / __)Who in this mirror? Who by his lady's command? Who by his own hand?
- / __) / (_' ) / / '_) Who in mortal chains? Who in power? And, who shall I
- l_/ /___/(__/___/___) say is calling?" --Leonard Cohen, "Who by fire?"
-