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- From: wongj@alum01.its.rpi.edu (Jasper Y. Wong)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Multiple ISP setup
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 05:29:33 GMT
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Message-ID: <4ekabt$4fq@usenet.rpi.edu>
- References: <792.6596T1216T773@internet-eireann.ie> <4ebedu$p35@thunder.mgl.ca> <mbs.47qy@adastra.cvl.va.us> <1868.6602T649T2626@user1.channel1.com>
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- In article <1868.6602T649T2626@user1.channel1.com>,
- Eric D. Jackson <ejack@user1.channel1.com> wrote:
- >>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>
- >
- No need to comment it out. Just write two script files similar to
- the ones below:
-
- ;file 1
- assign AmiTCP: AmiTCP1:
- execute AmiTCP:bin/startnet
-
- ;file 2
- assign AmiTCP: AmiTCP2:
- execute AmiTCP:bin/startnet
-
- If you've utils such as Toolmanager installed then you can put these
- scripts up as an executable items for drop down menus or executable
- icons such that all you have to do is to select and double clicks
- the icon to start the correct version of AmiTCP.
-
- Jasper
-
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