interesting Proplem using Linux as a Router
Omar Hasan
omarhasan at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 27 20:48:21 UTC 2006
Thank you very much guys for the response. all of
your replies where valid.
Regards,
Omar
--- Scott Ruckh <sruckh at gemneye.org> wrote:
> This is what you said Omar Hasan
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I ahave configure linux to act as a router. I
> have
> > set up the iptables and forwarding and the DHCP
> > server. when I ping an a public IP address such
> as
> > 68.x.x.x for yahoo, I am able to ping. However,
> when
> > I ping a domain name such as www.yahoo.com, I
> cannot
> > ping. How can I have the IP address to resolve to
> a
> > domain name.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Omar
>
> You need to set up a DNS server (Bind) and make sure
> you configure your
> DHCP Server options to include handing out DNS
> information with the DHCP
> request. Or if you are not using a DNS server you
> at least to need
> configure your DHCP server to hand out the DNS
> information from your
> Internet provider.
>
> Without more details on what you are trying to
> accomplish it is too hard
> to recommend a solution.
>
> Your main goal is that you need to configure DNS and
> your DHCP server
> options to hand out the DNS information to the DHCP
> clients.
>
>
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