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- From: ejack@user1.channel1.com (Eric D. Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Multiple ISP setup
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 16:52:28 GMT
- Organization: Channel 1 Communications
- Message-ID: <1868.6602T649T2626@user1.channel1.com>
- References: <792.6596T1216T773@internet-eireann.ie> <4ebedu$p35@thunder.mgl.ca> <mbs.47qy@adastra.cvl.va.us>
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- >In article <4ebedu$p35@thunder.mgl.ca> snapper@mgl.ca (Allan Purtle) writes:
- >> L Mac Mullan (prospero@internet-eireann.ie) wrote:
- >> : Ok, here is my problem: I have two dialup accounts with two different
- >> : providers, I want to configure Amitcp (Commercial) so that I can just
- >> : start my connection by typing the appropriate command. My problem is the
- >> : db/resolv.conf file which needs to be set for each provider. I have been
- >> : through the manual and the FAQ but can see no reference to having two
- >> : gates ways and multiple differing DNSs.
- >>
- >> : At the moment the only thing I can think of is to have two db/resolv.conf
- >> : files, 1.conf and 2.conf and use a script to rename the appropriate one
- >> : reslov.conf at connection time.
- >>
- >> : This seems a bit kludgy to me, has anyone a better suggestion?
-
- >> I'd have to go check the code, but what would happen if you set the primary
- >> DNS server to ISP A's and the secondary server to ISP B's
- >>
- >> All of a sudden I can think of ten more questions....
-
- >The default BSD code supports three nameservers. A request is sent to the
- >first one, if it times out, the request is repeated to the second one. Etc.
-
- >For purely speed reasons, having multiple resolv.conf files is the best
- >idea (assuming that on one connection the primary nameserver is "close"
- >and the other isn't, and vice versa).
- >--
- > // Michael B. Smith
- >\X/ mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
- At the moment I have 2 ISP providers, one slip and one ppp. I also have lots
- of hard drive space so I have 2 different versions of Amitcp installed. I have
- set an assign to both directories in my user-startup. All I do is comment out
- one assignment, that is, I put a ; in front of the version I don't want to
- run. I then save it and reboot. You can run Ibrowse, Amosaic or Alynx very
- easily this way.
- Eric D. Jackson <ejack@user1.channel1.com>
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