Re: [TCLUG:4167] DIALD & IP Forwarding

["Paul Hocker" <phocker@visi.com>]

Thanks, I will try that. However I think that I was having problems with
that before because on every DNS request, even on the local network, it
would dial out to the internet.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: John J. Trammell <trammell@nitz.hep.umn.edu>
To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com <tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com>
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:4167] DIALD & IP Forwarding


>Hello all:
>
>Scott K. Johnson <skj@visi.com> wrote (in part):
>
>> My experience with IP Forwarding and dial on demand is that the
>> first request triggers the modem to dial and connect, and that
>> first connection request almost always times out.
>>
>> I'm thinking it is something to do with the time it takes for the
>> modem to dial, connect and establish a ppp connection...
>
>That it may, but it doesn't have to.  :-)
>
>IANANetworkAdmin, but my understanding is that if the "triggering"
>request is a name resolution request (for your non-static IP account),
>everything can be OK.
>
>If the triggering request is, say, an FTP request, the first packet
>goes out with your default (bogus) system IP address.  The resulting
>PPP (or whatever) connection clobbers your bogus default IP address,
>so the response to that first packet can't get back to your machine,
>because its address is different.
>
>IIRC, the solution is to empty out your /etc/hosts so that the first
>packet out the door is a DNS request.
>
>ISTR that a better explanation (written by One Who Knows) is in the
>Diald FAQ.
>
>Peace,
>John
>
>
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