Configuring name service
Using the PPP Outgoing Connection Wizard,
you can enter the following information to configure the use
of DNS name service by the resolver which converts host names
to IP addresses:
Local domain-
The fully qualified name for the domain that your system is in, for example,
mynet.COM. The resolver appends the domain name to host
names that do not specify a domain unless you also specify a list of
domains to be searched.
Domain search order-
Enter a list of up to six domains that you want the resolver to search if you
specify a host name without a domain. For each domain you enter, click on
Add to add it to the list. You should normally include the local
domain in this list. The resolver will search the domains for a host name
in the order that you specify them in the list.
To change the order of an entry, select it and then use the
Raise and Lower buttons.
Use the Delete button to remove an entry.
Name server search order-
Enter a list of up to three DNS name servers, specified by their
IP addresses, that the client can query.
For each name server you enter, click on Add to add it to the list.
If the host you are configuring is itself already
configured as a DNS name
server, place it at the top of the list by specifying it first using the
loopback IP address (127.0.0.1).
The resolver will query each name server
in the order that you specify them in the list until it gets an answer.
To change the order of an entry, select it and then use the
Raise and Lower buttons.
Use the Delete button to remove an entry.
NOTE:
If a name server advertises name servers, you can use
the PPP Manager if you want to configure
PPP to use these for an outgoing connection.
You can configure this via the advanced
``DNS options''
in the outgoing bundle's
``Network protocol options''.
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 22 April 2004