[NCLUG] Linux dial-up server. . .

[Charles Clarke]

You need to have the Windows PCs resolve the name, not just the server.
Probably the most flexible way is to either add your name to what the
PCs are currently using for name resolution or to set up a name server
on the linux box and tell the PCs that their DNS is 10.0.0.1

charles

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Jeff Elizondo wrote:

> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:58:13 
> From: Jeff Elizondo <jeffeliz at hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: nclug at nclug.org
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Subject: [NCLUG] Linux dial-up server. . .
> 
> How-d.  Since no one seemed that interested in my Wine question (damn you 
> all), I've got a new one that will hopefully prove a bit more interesting.  
> I am setting up a dial-up server using Red Hat 7.0 with the 2.4.2 kernel.  I 
> need to have Windoze systems able to dial in to the server and access a 
> local web page.
> 
> The good news:  I can dial in from a windows box.  Authentication works 
> fine.  I can also access the web page using the IP address of the dial-up 
> server (10.0.0.1).
> 
> The bad news:  Instead of using the IP address, I'd like to be able to 
> access the web page using a name like testpage.domain.com.
> 
> The system isn't attached to the intranet (or internet for that matter).  I 
> have 10.0.0.1 entered into /etc/hosts as pointing to "modemtest" without the 
> quotes.  When I dial in to the system and type in the url as 
> http://modemtest , it doesn't work.  I can still access the web page as 
> 10.0.0.1, however.  I've also tried modemtest.hp.com (this is for work so 
> that people using modems in our business pc's can test them).  I've also 
> tried editing resolv.conf.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
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