Re: [TCLUG:10518] Configuring MediaOne internet access

["Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>]

On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 01:03:09PM -0600, Mike Glaser wrote:
> 
> I would imagine that the problem has to do with not using DNS. I
> really know little about it and less about WINS which is what is set
> up for Windows. Is there some way to use WINS through linux??

	No.  WINS is not in the least bit standard.

> Any help would be appreciated. I have found some resources on using 
> the MediaOne RoadRunner service with linux on the net, but everything 
> I found appears to be somewhat dated and from users on either the 
> West or East coast and it appears that they all need to 'log-in' to 
> media one in some way, shape, form to use the service. I do not need 
> to do that here.

	One thing you could do is set up a caching only DNS server on
your Linux box.  Then it would go out and query the root nameservers
directly.  A bit slower perhaps, but it would work.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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