Re: [SLE] cable modem

From: Scott Leighton (helphand_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 05/29/05

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Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 10:55:14 -0700

    On Sunday 29 May 2005 9:09 am, Scott Leighton wrote:
    > On Sunday 29 May 2005 8:58 am, Fred A. Miller wrote:
    > > On Sunday 29 May 2005 11:27 am, Scott Leighton wrote:
    > > > On Sunday 29 May 2005 5:14 am, Greg Wallace wrote:
    > > > > On Saturday, May 28, 2005 @ 7:23 AM, Scott Leighton wrote:
    > > > > > No, that's not the way I understand it. It's passing the address
    > > > > > of the nameservers to your Linux box via DHCP, your Linux box then
    > > > > > uses those addresses for /etc/resolv.conf, so the end result is
    > > > > > that your Linux box gets its list of DNS servers from the Linksys,
    > > > > > but after that, it is simply resolving addresses using the servers
    > > > > > that were on the list, the Linksys isn't directly involved. The
    > > > > > Linksys isn't running a nameserver, it is only passing out the
    > > > > > addresses of nameservers.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > Scott
    > > > >
    > > > > That's the way it used to work (I'd see those ISP name server
    > > > > addresses in my Linux box). Once I overrode that to my Router IP
    > > > > address, that's the only address that showed up in Linux.
    > > >
    > > > Well, I'd love to know what model Linksys router you are using. I
    > > > was unaware that any of them run a DNS server, but if you can
    > > > simply point /etc/resolv.conf to your router and get DNS services,
    > > > then the router must be running one.
    > >
    > > Really? 'Didn't know? ALL routers, no matter what make will hand out DNS
    > > addresses.....so will most HUBS. MANY HUBS will even do NAT. Most Linksys
    > > routers have a firmware firewall, which isn't a bad idea when 'Bloze
    > > might be on the inside of it.
    >
    > I stand corrected. I guess I have no clue what is going on, if I change
    > the nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf to point to the Linksys at 192.168.1.1
    > it _does_ resolve.
    >
    > helphand@helphand:~> dig suse.com
    > ;; Query time: 386 msec
    > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
    > ;; WHEN: Sun May 29 09:07:19 2005
    > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 117
    >
    > So apparently there is some magic going on that I don't grok.
    >

        Some googling reveals that many, but not all, of the
    Linksys boxes can operate as a DNS proxy. Apparently
    my BEFSR41 has that capability, which explains why
    it magically seems to work when putting the router
    address in /etc/resolv.conf

       Note that some of those same google sources recommended
    not doing so though. There were reports that the proxy
    feature was buggy and could cause long delays in
    DNS lookups.

        Scott 

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